Jessica Riga

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Michael Doyle |Jessica Riga

One of the biggest events in the sporting world is upon us — the Super Bowl. For the 59th time, the champions of the NFC and AFC will meet to determine the champions of professional American football. My name is Michael Doyle and over the next several hours we will bring you all the action from New Orleans. The Kansas City Chiefs are vying for the first three-peat in the Super Bowl era. The Philadelphia Eagles are looking to avenge their Super Bowl loss from two years ago at the hands of the Chiefs.

Jan 14, 2025 | abc.net.au | Jessica Riga

When Los Angeles brought home the Olympic flag from Paris at last year's closing ceremony, the host-city-in-waiting did so in style. Mission Impossible star Tom Cruise leapt from a plane, parachuting over LA's sprawling hillsides before landing at the feet of the Hollywood sign. Now, LA is burning. More than 90,000 residents are under evacuation orders. At least 12,000 structures, from homes to businesses, have been either damaged or destroyed entirely.

Dec 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jared Richards |Jessica Riga |Katherine Smyrk |Beverley Wang

Pop culture moved hard and fast in 2024 — and it was undeniably led by TikTok. When looking at the year's viral moments and memes, almost all of them originated on TikTok — while X became a ghost town of bots, Facebook leaned into AI-generated slop and Instagram's reels continue to be dominated by reported TikTok content.

Dec 10, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jessica Riga

Time magazine's shortlist for their annual Person of the Year honour features royalty, political power players and podcasting chart-toppers. Catherine, Princess of Wales, is among the 10 figures selected by the publication, along with US president elect-Donald Trump, who was bestowed with the title back in 2016. Since 1927, Time magazine has named a person, group or concept that it argues "had the biggest impact — for good or for ill — on the world over the previous 12 months".

Nov 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jessica Riga

Technology giants such as Meta, TikTok and Snapchat have responded to the government's new social media laws, which ban children and teenagers under 16 from using the platforms. The world-first laws passed the Senate late on Thursday night and immediately made headlines around the world. Under the laws, which won't come into force for another 12 months, social media companies could be fined up to $50 million for failing to take "reasonable steps" to keep under 16s off their platforms.