Journalist stands for parliament

It’s unusual for a working journalist to seek parliamentary election.

That’s what Murray Valley Standard reporter Joanne Fosdike is doing as she stands for Family First in the South Australian seat of Hammond.

I don’t know whether she has resigned or taken leave, but Fosdike appears in a Family First flyer, described as “a journalist, married with six children”.

She had an article published online as recently as February 18, a day before the writs were issued and while the phoney campaign was in full swing.

The flyer says Fosdike is “passionate about the truth being told and supports Family First’s platform of holding the government of the day accountable for its promises, wasted taxpayer money and failure to deliver for families”.

Makes it hard for Fosdike (pictured below) to be considered an objective reporter in the future.

The Murray Valley Standard is a Fairfax publication.

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