Congratulations to 2009 La Trobe graduate Florencia Liguori who is moving from Melbourne to Coffs Harbour to begin a career with the ABC.

Andrew “A.J.” Sadauskas, who graduated from La Trobe in 2009 with a Graduate Diploma in Journalism, is currently a sub-editor at Australian Stamps Professional magazine and a volunteer at 3CR Community Radio. While not a philatelist himself, his skills in desktop publishing and Photoshop have served him well at Australia’s largest stamp collecting publication. Before [...]

Congratulations to Bachelor of Journalism graduate Ashley Fritsch, who is the latest member La Trobe’s class of 2009 to score a newspaper job.

Sticky Institute is a zine store dedicated to the power of pens, paper and the humble photocopier. As Meaghan van Loenen finds out, there is one flourishing publishing community who aren’t making the move to online.

It’s just broken Australia’s box office record for its opening weekend earnings. Michael Calle recounts his experience of attending a midnight screening of the new Twilight movie.

A few weeks ago he was being ruthlessly exploited in his role as “upstart” editor. Now, it gives us great pleasure to confirm that Erdem Koc has just landed a job as as news journalist with SBS Radio in Melbourne.

What are the books that every journalist should read? upstart is on the hunt for the essential list and we want your suggestions.

It was one of the most devastating political detective stories of the 20th century and helped bring down a President. After 35 years, Tom Cowie discovers why “All The President’s Men” is still a great read.

It was panned by the critics when first published, but 38 years later Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” remains a highly influential book, especially for journalists. Michael Calle considers its legacy.

War reporting is changing, and as Hanna Jacobsen writes, the controversial book “Fit to Print – misrepresenting the Middle East” paints a distrurbing picture of the future of the role of the foreign correspondent.