Patient Zero: Ticking Time Bomb
Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Olivia Willis
Designer: Teresa Tan
Commissioned for: ABC Science
RN Podcast: Patient Zero
Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Olivia Willis
Designer: Teresa Tan
Commissioned for: ABC Science
RN Podcast: Patient Zero
How a mysterious case of meningitis in the US led to the unravelling of a national pharmaceutical disaster.
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Design notes
As there was no capacity to work with a developer on this story, the above image (which forms the final and concluding section of the article) was broken into five frames, and with each scroll triggered layers featuring colour and flowers and butterlies to disappear. On the final frame, readers are only left with the solitary silhouette of Dawn engulfed but black negative space.
The only images provided for use were two very low resolution images of Dawn Elliot – the patient and subject of the article. All other images featured in the collages were sourced from stock libraries and library collections. Scientific imagery was sourced from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Read the full story here.
Design notes
As there was no capacity to work with a developer on this story, the above image (which forms the final and concluding section of the article) was broken into five frames, and with each scroll triggered layers featuring colour and flowers and butterlies to disappear. On the final frame, readers are only left with the solitary silhouette of Dawn engulfed but black negative space.
The only images provided for use were two very low resolution images of Dawn Elliot – the patient and subject of the article. All other images featured in the collages were sourced from stock libraries and library collections. Scientific imagery was sourced from Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
‘Devil devil’: The sickness that changed Australia
Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Nakari Thorpe and Olivia Willis
Photographer: Teresa Tan
Commissioned for: ABC Science
RN Podcast: Patient Zero
Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Nakari Thorpe and Olivia Willis
Photographer: Teresa Tan
Commissioned for: ABC Science
RN Podcast: Patient Zero
In 1789, a disease tore through communities around Sydney Cove, leaving dead bodies scattered along the shorelines. Some think this outbreak was a fire deliberately lit.
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