Jan Mayman: Pioneering journalist who exposed Indigenous deaths in custody dies at 80
By
Peter Browne
Toasted to a respectable shade. No regrets, no crumbs left.
Summary
Jan Mayman, a pioneering Australian journalist who broke crucial stories about Indigenous deaths in custody, has died at age 80. Known for her humility and tenacity, Mayman was a trailblazer in reporting on the margins between Black and white Australia. Her self-effacing nature and deep humanity allowed her to earn the trust of Indigenous communities and reveal uncomfortable truths about systemic injustices. She spent her career fighting passionately for those whose stories were often ignored by mainstream media.
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Her humility as much as her humanity was perhaps the secret of her success, why those for whom she fought so passionately and tenaciously throughout her life trusted her and shared their stories — and why she was able to pierce the defences of the powerful to reveal often shocking truths.
Jan Mayman, who has died at the age of eighty, was
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