Jake Sturmer
CORRESPONDENT | PHOTOJOURNALIST
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I am a correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) currently based in Perth, Australia. Most recently I was the Tokyo Correspondent, reporting from across Japan and North Asia.
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DOCUMENTARY
‘Flying Solo’
Around the world more and more people are opting for the single life but in Japan, loneliness has become an epidemic.
Japan is a rich and powerful country. But it is facing a social crisis.
This 30 minute documentary and my final dispatch from Japan has had more than 4.3 million views on YouTube. It was first broadcast on ABC TV’s flagship international current affairs program, ‘Foreign Correspondent’.
PHOTOJOURNALISM
‘SUPER K’
INSIDE FUKUSHIMA
THE CLEANSING FIRE
JAPAN’S BABY COVID WARD
THE ENDLESS SEARCH
Here are some of my favourite news reports and short documentaries that I’ve filmed, reported, edited and produced over the last few years. As a video journalist I am a single operator responsible for the entire process from start to finish.