Laurie Nowell has been a journalist and writer for 25 years. He has written for publications in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. His work has been published in the Herald Sun, The Age and The Australian in Australia and The Guardian, The Times and the Daily Mail in the UK. Recently, working in media and public affairs for migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, he has been writing about the migrant and refugee sector while also working with emerging communities to help them engage with mainstream media. In previous roles, he was a senior editor at News Limited and an international correspondent for London’s Today newspaper.