Have you ever noticed the number of sport cliches? Matt de Neef has put in a stellar performance sizing up the issue, but if you want to make this a great team effort, feel free to give it your best shot.

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.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about John Howard but now he has emerged as the nominee for the ICC presidency. But is he the right man for the job? Matt de Neef investigates.

The media coverage of Liep Gony’s death made Matt de Neef wonder; why are some words censored in newspapers and not others?

With the rapid convergence of traditional journalism and newer online technologies, many people argue that bloggers should be bound by a Code of Ethics. Matt de Neef provides ten tips for ethical blogging.

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.

In our third in a series of personal reflections about Australia Day, Matt de Neef raises some questions about the meaning of January 26, and the way it’s been covered in the media.

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.

Matt de Neef’s birthday is on November 25. But does that really make him a Sagittarian? And does that make any difference to what happens to anything that happens to anyone on this or any other planet?

After watching a bit of televangelism in the wee hours, Matt De Neef asks: Why is it that one child’s survival against the odds is put down to divine intervention yet when thousands upon thousands of other children die of starvation, dehydration and AIDS, God is nowhere to be seen?