As he packs up his things and departs the editor’s desk, Tom Cowie looks back on a long, hot summer as editor of upstart.

Kelly Theobald and Matt de Neef are the new editors of upstart. That means that you should be nice to them. And yes, write for them too.

Sometimes it’s tough choosing between the ‘goodies’ and the ‘baddies’. In the latest addition to our list of #topjournobooks, Kelly Theobald examines Truman Capote’s true crime classic ‘In Cold Blood’.

As part of a series of stories filed from a journalism study tour of Kuwait, Kelly Theobald talks to Muslim women about suffrage, liberation and wearing the hijab.

The Arab Times in Kuwait has featured the journalism study tour from Australia, which includes upstart’s Erdem Koc, Tom Cowie and Kelly Theobald.

It’s been a long time since the much celebrated summer of love in 1967. But Kelly Theobald can hear a possible soundtrack for our own upcoming summer in a new release called “Album” from a couple of blokes from San Francisco who call their musical act “Girls”.

It’s been a big week for a number of upstart contributors. Editor Erdem Koc and final-year students Kelly Theobald and Tom Cowie are off to Kuwait to join a study tour for Australian journalism students. And our sports section is ramping up for the summer with new features about Melbourne’s spring carnival and the resurgence of roller derby.

One of the things Australia is known for internationally – apart from its strange wildlife and beaches – is its wine. But as Kelly Theobald writes, one sector of the industry is weathering a serious crisis.

Dance was her first true love. But when Kelly Theobald saw the new movie, Fame, it evoked more than mere nostalgia.

In the first of a series of articles where upstart writers talk about their blogs, Kelly Theobald shares her experience of setting up Music Meets Girl.