Behind the magazine: Arts, theatre and music

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Sofia Monkiewicz is the latest editorial member to be put in the upstart spotlight. She speaks to Katharina Hackler about her role, enthusiasm for arts journalism and her dream of becoming a theatre critic.

Sofia Monkiewicz is a Bachelor of Journalism Honours student at La Trobe University. She loves theatre and music, and has found her passion in writing about the arts, particularly reviewing. Before joining the upstart team, Sofia also completed an internship at Beat magazine, where she got her first taste of working for an online magazine.

Katharina Hackler speaks to Sofia about her passion for arts, music and theatre, and her role in upstart.

Katharina Hackler is an international student from Germany, studying her Master of Global Communications at La Trobe University. She is part of upstart’s editorial team and her biggest passion is radio.

Interested in finding out who else is behind upstart? Click here to listen to some of Katharina’s other interviews with our editorial team.

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