Entries for the 2010 Ossie Awards for student journalism are now open.

The ‘Tom wants a job’ campaign is over. Tom has been offered a job as a junior reporter at Crikey.

For those students who missed out on the event last week, Sharon Green reports on the key discussions from the MediaPass Student Industry Day in Melbourne.

Had any pieces run on upstart lately? Think that assignment you scored an ‘A’ for might be up there with your best work? Then maybe you should think about entering the Media Super Student Journalist of the Year awards. But get moving, your submission has to be in by 3 May.

Not only did he survive an encounter with lions and tigers – Tom Maclean also learnt how to shoot TV news stories and even met the German Chancellor while completing his degree as at the Missouri School of Journalism as a La Trobe exchange student.

Australia Day; it’s all about beaches, barbecues and beverages. But for Nisa Terzi, amongst all that green and gold, January 26 is also a day of Turkish delights.

The Australian dollar is still climbing. Whilst economists are talking about trade deficits and advantageous foreign investment, Ryan Jon discusses the impact our strengthening currency may have on student life.

Despite the record heat, upstart has survived the festive break and made it back for the start of a new year. It’s the dawn of 2010, a year we hope holds plenty of exciting developments in store for emerging journalists.

As we face one of the biggest debates of our time, Tiger Woods is all over the front pages of newspapers. In this age of consumer-generated news, Sam Drummond argues that many Gen-Yers can’t see the forest for the trees.

It’s happy half-birthday to us. Send us your comments, your criticisms, and even your congratulations – we want the lot.