Joanne McCarthy is the brave journalist who spearheaded the Newcastle Herald’s
“Shine the light” campaign which, arguably, brought about the Royal
Commission into Institutional Response to Child Abuse, and an earlier
NSW special enquiry. She interviewed about 200 victims of sexual abuse,
many of them scarred by alcohol, drugs and depression. She uncovered no
less than 12 suicides or drug overdoses among former students of a
priest called John Denham. McCarthy is the current holder of Australia’s
highest journalism award, the Gold Walkley.
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