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 Oscar season and our film reviewers have got the fever. James Madden checks out an advance screening of ‘The Blind Side’, a flick up for a couple of the big ones; Best Picture and Best Actress.
Today’s upstart opportunity is with Metro and Screen Education, who are looking for industry practitioners, teachers, academics and experienced feature writers.
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 Oscar season and our film reviewers have got the fever. James Madden checks out an advance screening of ‘The Blind Side’, a flick up for a couple of the big ones; Best Picture and Best Actress.
Today’s upstart opportunity is with Metro and Screen Education, who are looking for industry practitioners, teachers, academics and experienced feature writers.
The ‘Tom wants a job’ campaign is over. Tom has been offered a job as a junior reporter at Crikey.
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 Oscar season and our film reviewers have got the fever. James Madden checks out an advance screening of ‘The Blind Side’, a flick up for a couple of the big ones; Best Picture and Best Actress.
Today’s upstart opportunity is with Metro and Screen Education, who are looking for industry practitioners, teachers, academics and experienced feature writers.
In today’s ‘Fridays in February’ column, Tom Cowie has his sights set on the age-old tradition of the buck’s party.
There’s a new and original film festival playing tonight in Melbourne that will help you find your inner film ‘skanc’. Kim Hellard reports on how she discovered hers.
After his sacking from the St Kilda Football Club, troubled AFL player Andrew Lovett’s professional career could well be over. However, as Ben Waterworth explains, he has no one to blame but himself.
In choosing their moniker, Canberra band Voss were inspired by the Patrick White novel of the same name. However, as Luke Robert finds out, Voss’ new album ‘The Inland Sea’ has its own story to tell.
While lovebirds will flock to the cinemas this Sunday to see the latest rom-com ‘Valentine’s Day’, film reviewer James Madden tells us why there is one classic that is a much better option.
In today’s ‘Fridays in February’ column, Tom Cowie looks at the web of lies spun between applicants and agents in the rental market.
Entries are now being accepted for the Walkey Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards. If you have had an exceptional piece of work published in the last year, now is time to work on your submission.
Fancy yourself reviewing film, music and culture for a career? This might be the kick start you need. Online publication portable.tv is looking for contributors for its upcoming launch.
Keen to for a start in radio? Melbourne community radio station 3CR is currently looking for volunteers to work on its weekday breakfast program.
Everyone knows the rules; white wine goes with fish and red wine goes with steak. But what about breakfast? Meghan Lodwick gives us her food and coffee matching guide for the most important meal of the day.
Upstart editor Tom Cowie returns to the keyboard in 2010 with a new column entitled ‘Fridays in February’. Today he takes aim at Facebook and the ever-evolving cult of celebrity.
Typically, a young man would only buy a ticket to see ‘It’s Complicated’ if he were on a date. However, after James Madden sat alone through the latest rom-com offering from Nancy Meyers, he found a lot of things to like.
Have we seen the end of worn shoes, large backpacks and torn Lonely Planet guides? These days, as Luke S.H. Raggatt discovers, it’s all about laptops, luggage and luxury in the age of the ‘flash-packer’ revolution.
As children of the ’90s will know, the perfect mix tape is more art than science. However, as Luke S.H. Raggatt discovers, Chuck Klosterman’s pop culture manifesto ‘Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs’ comes mighty close to combining both.
After two weeks of hard tennis, it’s the dream final everyone wanted. This Saturday evening, four-time champion Serena Williams takes on comeback queen Justine Henin in the Australian Open women’s final. Ben Waterworth previews the match.
Hippie Hippie Shake is Richard Neville’s memoir of the 1960s when the then young Australian was one of the publishers of the controversial Oz magazine. Meaghan van Loenen reviews it as part of our series of #topjournobooks.
