Living with cancer

Tim Burrowes

August 13, 2010 1:25

“For the first time since I was diagnosed with cancer, I want to cry. I haven’t let myself be scared, but now I am.

“So I’ve decided to write this. I’m a journalist and writing is how I make my living so the mechanics of sitting down in front of a screen and marshalling my thoughts is the best way for me to feel normal.”

Media Alliance director of communications and Mumbrella podcast regular Jonathan Este on living with cancer

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.