UNAA Media Peace Awards

Read a great article on peace or social justice issues? Why not nominate it for an award.

Guest Lecture: Cait McMahon – Dart Centre

The Dart Centre’s Cait McMahon will join La Trobe Journalism’s Dilemmas in Journalism class next Monday afternoon at 4 pm at the Economics Lecture Theatre to discuss how journalists deal with trauma. All welcome.

New News 2010 Conference

Concerned about the future of journalism or interested in being a part of it? Then check out New News 2010 which runs this Thursday and Friday in Melbourne. Sarah Green looks at some of the program highlights.

Campbell Mattinson – Working Journalist profile

Wine writer Campbell Mattinson has forged a successful freelance career by following his nose – and his palete. Kelly Theobald spoke to him for our Working Journalist project.

Niall Seewang – Working Journalist profile

He may be still a relative newcomer to the journalism game but Niall Seewang, a former La Trobe student, has a new job and a promising career ahead of him, as Evan Harding discovers.

100 articles — ‘How to Report the News’

A satirical piece by Charlie Brooker from BBC’s Newswipe program about the visual cliches of TV news reporting is the latest addition to our ’100 articles’ project.

Two jobs with Fairfax Community papers in Sydney

The Fairfax Community Newspaper network is inviting applications for a Journalist Cadet Year 3, based at Parramatta and a Journalist Grade 2, based at Castle Hill.

100 articles – ‘The Write Stuff’

What is the difference between ‘due to’ and ‘because of’? If a carpenter can’t use a hammer properly, he won’t find much work. Why aren’t journalists mastering their tools? Words. As Rob Harris explains, Les Carlyon’s critique of journalism is vital reading.

Looking for a job?

If you’re an emerging journalist looking for a new challenge, here are two reasons to smile.

100 articles – ‘Outfoxed’

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has a well-known right-wing bias and Glen Greenwald’s film Outfoxed is seen as evidence of the mogul’s ‘war on journalism’. Selected by Jean Kemshal-Bell, Outfoxed is part of our 100 articles project.

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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.

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