Feature Journalism
Feature Journalism
“The Italian Job” – cover story for Tiger Airways in-flight magazine, March/April 2018
Will a new generation embrace our cities old Italian Clubs?
Photo credit: Samara Clifford
It’s the fireplace where the magic happens. The magic of warmth and...
Lost in Kahurangi – Wilderness Magazine, April 2018
Published in Wilderness Magazine, April 2018.
Photo credit: Ricky French
How one mistake can lead to total discombobulation in the bush
Read the story in Wilderness Magazine
“Still Rocking” – Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, feature story for Outback Magazine
A journey through the deepest layers of rock and family
Photo credit: Ricky French
Fifty years after geologist Reg Sprigg purchased the lease for Arkaroola in...
“Straight to the Heart” – a feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
The story of biomedical engineer, Jacqui Savage
Photo credit: Josh Robenstone
Problems, problems, everywhere you look problems and not enough trained problem solvers. Problems at the...
“Gordon Country” – Travel story for Outback magazine, Dec 2017
The Gordon family has been sharing their cattle station with campers for over 40 years...
Photo credit: Ricky French
Under a grey sky two children sit...
“The Murray River Walk” – Travel story for The Australian newspaper T&I
The lightness of being at one with the landscape...
Wendy is taking team bonding to a new level. It’s 7am, we’re standing on a crumbling...
“Toy Giant” – cover story for the Weekend Australian Magazine
From refugee to billionaire, how Manny Stul built a global empire
photo credit: Nick Cubbin
Make them bright. Give them a name, a face and a...
“The old curiosity shop” – The Weekend Australian Magazine
Published in the Weekend Australian Magazine, July 2017
Photo credit: Julian Kingma
You don’t notice how out of place 330 King Street, Melbourne, looks because it’s...
“Firelighters – the tramping dating app” – Wilderness Magazine
Published in Wilderness Magazine, July 2017
Tramping can sometimes bring people together in the most unexpected ways. Generally though it’s not considered to be the...
Interview with The Wheeler Centre – “Working with words”
Interview with Ricky French by The Wheeler Centre.Ricky French is a Melbourne-based journalist who specialises in longform and creative non-fiction. He writes regularly for the Weekend...