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Break Point – Murray’s ATP Win

The penultimate Break Point Podcast of 2016 is here and the panel are ready to discuss Andy Murray’s phenomenal week at the ATP Finals. Ryan,

Break Point – Murray’s ATP Win

The penultimate Break Point Podcast of 2016 is here and the panel are ready to discuss Andy Murray’s phenomenal week at the ATP Finals. Ryan,

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upcast: episode 3

Episode three of upcast continues our journey into the world of blogging as we speak to 3 student bloggers.

upcast: episode 2

In the second episode of upcast we talk to La Trobe’s digital media officer Matt Smith about his ‘bucket list’ and to Lawrie Zion about the upcoming sports journalism symposium on April 8.

upcast: episode 1

upstart has learnt to speak! In episode one of upcast we talk sport with Ben Waterworth, learn about Chatroulette with Laura Carroll and talk Green Zone with Michael Calle.

Save live music

With Melbourne’s live music scene on the endangered species list, Ryan Jon finds out what live music means to Melburnians.

Teaching emerging journalists

La Trobe University’s Matthew Smith interviews upstart co-founder Lawrie Zion about the changing face of journalism education.

Manning the nets

Men’s netball — who knew it even existed? Jesse Failla reports on the men’s game.

Starting over

After being made redundant from her career at The Sun, Claire Brooks moved to Australia to make a fresh start. She discusses her career in journalism and the state of newspapers with Jacob Pace.

Tackling Autism

La Trobe University’s Child Care Centre has been chosen as one of six centres in Australia to take part in the Federal Government’s new Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centres Program. Matt de Neef reports.

Free food — at a dumpster near you

Want to eat for free while saving the planet? In a stance against Western societies’ excess waste, many are doing just that. Aimee lifts the lid and lets Victoria Nutbean and Carey Scheer peer into the world of dumpster diving.

70 films in 7 days

Thursday, 15 October, 2009 – A Melbourne filmmaker has combined his love of films, and a cause very dear to his heart, to raise money for charity. Shane Dunlop plans the Herculean feat of watching 70 films in 7 days, all in the name of brain injury support services. Kim Hellard and Liana Neri report.

Interview with Professor Barbie Zelizer

Friday 17 July 2009 — upstart editor-in-chief Lawrie Zion speaks with Barbie Zelizer, Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, about journalism and the academy.

Privacy in the age of insecurity

David Brin once asked “Who Will Watch the Watchers?” It’s a question well worth asking, says Associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and the executive director for the National Freedom of Information Coalition, (NFOIC), Charles N Davis. The question has never been more pressing than in the present era, in which governments have become ever-more blatant in their quest to manage and massage information.

What is journalism education?

According to Barbie Zelizer, ‘Journalists say journalism scholars and educators have no business airing their dirty laundry, journalism scholars say journalists and journalism educators are not theoretical enough, journalism educators say journalists have their heads in the sand and journalism scholars have their heads in the clouds.’ In this research seminar, Lawrie Zion takes a closer look.