Heading to the Melbourne Writers Festival? Then why not write something yourself – this year’s program includes an array of international speakers and recently graduated former upstart editor, Tom Cowie, as well as several La Trobe Journalism staff.

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.

Upstart editors, past and present, are spreading their words across a range of media outlets. Lawrie Zion reports, ahead of embarking on his own mid-year mission.

Upstart is one year-old this Saturday. Co-founders Lawrie Zion and Chris Scanlon look back on the first twelve months of an experiment that’s resulted in dozens of students and journalists publishing more than 500 items on the site.

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

From our correspondent deep within Crikey HQ, the full live tweet of the #tomwantsajob interview. The chronology is back to front – so scroll down and then tab up to read it in sequence.

In episode five of upcast we spoke to a couple of La Trobe students who are involved in some new and exciting projects.

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.

Australians are good at making wills. But as former upstart editor Tom Cowie reports, family members who survive a loved one often find themselves at loggerheads, with lawyers the only certain beneficiaries.

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.