Alexandra Wake
@wakeinfright.bsky.social
Programs Manager, Graduate Diploma of Journalism @ RMIT
President, Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia.
Dog walker and a cold water swimmer.
President, Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia.
Dog walker and a cold water swimmer.
Reposted by Alexandra Wake
4/ Here's a piece I wrote for the LA Times specifically about blaming mental illness as the fundamental cause of mass shootings — wrong. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Mass shooters aren't mentally ill people who suddenly snap. They decide to kill
Don't make mental illness the bogeyman of mass shootings. It gets in the way of preventing attacks like the one at the Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket.
www.latimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
4/ Here's a piece I wrote for the LA Times specifically about blaming mental illness as the fundamental cause of mass shootings — wrong. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
not against bikes as transportation but it’s often not safe
February 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
not against bikes as transportation but it’s often not safe
The dismissal…
my mother was outraged
my mother was outraged
December 18, 2024 at 12:31 AM
The dismissal…
my mother was outraged
my mother was outraged
this is super worrying
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM
this is super worrying