What’s the relationship between ethics and quality journalism? Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) spokesman Mike Dobbie talks with Glen Clancy about the importance of ethics in today’s fast-evolving media industry, and his experiences in training journalists in Afghanistan.

Lois Lane La Trobe student by weekday, up-and-coming Super Woman radio personality on weekends. From study desk to sound board, Olivia Kaleta describes the magic of her journey into the media limelight. Shelley Tangee reports.

With a diverse portfolio ranging from landscape images for Baz Luhrmann’s Australia to a commemorative photo spread of last year’s national apology for the Koori Mail, Wayne Quilliam is one of the country’s most accomplished photo-journalists. Claire Delahunty reports.

From rants about the media to venting frustrations about the stereotyping of gen Y; the excellent pieces which appeared in upstart this week have made my first week on the job very enjoyable.

Erdem Koc is a radio broadcaster and journalist with SBS, and a graduating Law/Media student at La Trobe. He’s also the latest profile subject our Working Journalist project.

He had a regular radio gig before he graduated from high school. And since embarking on a double degree in Law and Media, Erdem Koç has consolidated his radio talents at SBS while completing internships at both The Age and Channel 10. And that’s not all folks: he’s also the current editor of upstart. Former classmate Stephanie De Campo caught up with Erdem just before his official launch into the stratosphere.

Cathy Anderson admits that she had always wanted to be a journalist, except for a brief period when she was six-years-old and she wanted to be a jockey.These days you won’t find her doing track work, but she’s already built up an eclectic track record, as Stephanie De Campo discovered.

Rob Burgess has worked as a journalism practitioner on three continents and as a journalism lecturer at La Trobe University His former student Claire Delahunty spoke to Rob near the Business Spectator office.

Our Working Journalist class was asked to write blog posts outlining what attributes journalists need to launch 21st century careers. This was Claire Delahunty’s response.

Auskar Surbakti has been blessed by the Pope and met the Dalai Lama, and he’s only 24. A journalist with SBS Television World News and Current Affairs, he reports for the nightly news bulletin and works on stories for Living Black, Dateline and Insight. Isabel Robinson spoke with this talented young reporter.