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Journalism is changing, and the methods used to teach current students, have to constantly evolve as a result. Matthew Smith talks to upstart co-founder Lawrie Zion about the different aspects of 'keeping up with students'.
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Men's netball — who knew it even existed? Victorian representative Andrew Portbury gives Jesse Failla an insight into the men's game and the men's national competition to be held in Melbourne in 2010.
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After being made redundant from The Sun, Claire Brooks, moved to Australia to make a fresh start. But with the media industry in crisis in Australia as well, Claire, was forced to take a job in an unrelated field. Claire, who was awarded Scotland's Young Sportswriter of the Year in 2007, discusses her career in journalism and the future of newspapers with Jacob Pace.
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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.
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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.
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One sport ends, another one begins. The MCG is set to host yet another cricket season. MCG Chief Curator Cameron Hodgkins tells Ben Waterworth about the constant challenge of keeping the ground in tip-top condition.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
upstart is a project of La Trobe's Journalism, Media Studies and Cinema Studies programs. The site showcases the writing of emerging journalists, while providing a platform for new adventures in journalism.