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Jack Whelan

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As seen in: After Dinner Conversation: Philosophy | Ethics Short Story Magazine, MDPI, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times, WAtoday, The Lowy Institute, Laois Today
Covers:  blood cancer, surviving cancer, e-patient educated, personalized medicine, clinical trials, chemotherapy
10 yr blood cancer survivor, & now Metastatic Prostate, Advocate & motivating fun speaker: Clinical Trials, ePatient AACR, ASCO, LLS, RAN, ACS, NCTN, PhRMA CRO,

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After a career in Investment Research focusing on Information Technology, essentially a corporate spy getting objective, third-party info about public companies which followed his career as a Sales VP at several public IT companies, Jack was struck with a rare, incurable blood cancer. Rather than participating in historically popular chemotherapies and become part of that history, Jack engaged a leading oncologist that focuses on cancer care and treatment with Clinical Trials, the next step i…

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Pacific development: The essential local ingredient for sustainability

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By Jack Whelan
| The Lowy Institute
Ads are appearing daily across online job boards for development roles in the Pacific – whether on Eco-Consult Pacific or LinkedIn. And most notable is the encouragement for regional and national candidates to apply. The reason is simple. Locals know their own countries best.
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Laois Families have chance to perform to become 'Ireland's Most Talented Family'

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By Jack Whelan
| Laois Today Verified
TG4 have put out a national call looking for families to participate in their annual talent show aimed at finding Ireland’s ‘most talented family’. Réalta agus Gaolta has become an annual fixture on TG4 since its original series in 2018. This series follows the Yershova families win in March of this year, after fleeing Ukraine to Listowel, County Kerry only three years ago. In the most recent series, the Dalton family from Castletown took part and wowed the judges with their talent.
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Portarlington to host second 'Gig for Gaza' to raise money for Palestine Aid

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By Jack Whelan
| Laois Today Verified
The Anvil Inn Portarlington is set to host a charity gig with all ticket proceeds to go towards Palestine Aid on Sunday next, June 22. The gig is aimed to raise money to support Palestine as the tensions in the Middle East continues to develop. The money raised is specifically to garner funds to put towards a mobile maternity unit in Gaza. This unit will help provide ‘state of the art facilities’ to help pregnant women who are affected with the war.
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Interview

How is social media changing news?

The good news is there is an ample supply of news and information sources on the web, the very bad news is very little fact checking.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

Good research, an effective communicator, the ability to write clearly, be an objective observer. The ability to sell when necessary.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Salesforce.com, Office360, Microsoft Office 2010, popular desk top software application packages, video editing Camtasia, Thomson One Finance
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