Feature Journalism

Feature Journalism

“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...

“Deadly Trigger” – The Weekend Australian Magazine

Storm photo credit: Norm Oorloff A feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine, April 2017 Photo credit: Julian Kingma There was a DJ at Hope Carnevali’s 21st....

“Purred Lines – The Cats of Kuching” – The Saturday Paper

Published in The Saturday Paper, April 2017 Photo credit: Ricky French Kuching is the sound of one ringgit landing in a sampan driver’s money pouch on...

“The Cooling Pond” – The Australian newspaper T&I

Published in the Australian Newspaper, June 2013 Let us celebrate a weekend in grime. Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria’s La Trobe Valley lays claim to...

“Game Changer” – The Weekend Australian Magazine

A feature story for the Weekend Australian Magazine, March 2017 The pinball wizard saving elderly people's lives Photo credit: Julian Kingma The old clunkers still work fine....