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Journalist and sometimes screenwriter Jess G. Lynch is a former Shopping Editor at Are Media who worked across some of Australia’s leading titles such as Gourmet Traveller, Home Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens and Australian Women’s Weekly. With a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from UTS, and a Bachelor of Media from Macquarie University and the University of Bologna, Jess brings a rich blend of expertise to her work. Formerly, the vertical lead for travel, homes and lifestyle affiliate content across the publisher’s digital titles, she knows a thing or two about cultivating rich experiences both near and far from home. Based on Gadigal land, Jess is a regular at off-the-beaten track swim spots and inner west coffee haunts – often deep within a research spiral of destinations here and abroad. Her work has also appeared on titles such as marie claire, ELLE, news.com.au, Homes To Love, Who, body+soul, Kidspot, FBi Radio and in The Australian.