“Devil in the Dust” is the title for an online, multimedia story about disease in persons who lived, played and worked in the vicinity of Australia’s old Wunderlich asbestos cement factory in the Melbourne area. The online story presentation from Australia’s Herald Sun is notable for both its substance and its form. The interactive graphics are both powerful and useful. Investigative journalism continues its resurgence, but, as here, lacking adequate science and context.
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