
Author: Bridget Rollason
2023 WPI Fellow
Journalist, Australian Broadcast Corporation - ABC MelbourneMelbourne , Australia
Bio: Bridget Rollason is an award-winning journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She is currently working in Melbourne covering Victorian politics for TV, radio and digital media.
Twitter: @bridgerollo
Check out @bridgerollo's latest TikTok about @GrandMaraisMN and how this tiny northern MN town is stepping up to address #ClimateChange.
https://worldpressinstitute.org/how-one-tiny-american-town-is-battling-climate-change/
I am determined to once again ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
I led that fight in 1994. For the ten years it was in place, mass shootings went down. When Republicans let it expire, mass shootings tripled.
Let’s finish the job and ban assault weapons.
Street artists in Footscray don’t mess about !
Posts by Bridget Rollason:


How one tiny American town is battling climate change
by Bridget Rollason | Mar 17, 2023 | Climate Change
@bridgerollo #minnesota #grandmarais #climatechange #uspolitics #worldpressinstitute ♬ original sound - Bridget Rollason The remote Minnesotan community of Grand Marais is feeling the effects of climate change. Last year two teenagers pushed the council to declare a...
Why is Minnesota so liberal compared to its neighbors?
by Bridget Rollason | Mar 10, 2023 | American Presidency, Democracy, Journalism, Political Coverage, Politics, Presidential Election
@bridgerollo #minnesota #stpaul #uspolitics #minneapolis #worldpressinstitute ♬ original sound - Bridget Rollason Minnesota has not voted for a Republican President since 1972, it’s an outlier compared to its neighbors. But why is more liberal than the surrounding red...Recent blog posts
- Freedom of expression at a crossroads: Section 230 and the spread of disinformation in America
- Trust in local news stays high, but self-censorship is part of the equation
- Minnesota: Big on voting turnout and on paper ballots
- Coping with PTSD as a journalist in an unrelenting news cycle
- Abortion debate in the eyes of an abortion clinic escort in Minnesota
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We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
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In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/