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Fast Food Nation: Review

Why do we eat fast food when we know it is bad for us? In the latest addition to our list of #topjournobooks, Sarah Dailey examines Eric Schlosser’s golden arches exposé ‘Fast Food Nation’.

In Cold Blood: Review

Sometimes it’s tough choosing between the ‘goodies’ and the ‘baddies’. In the latest addition to our list of #topjournobooks, Kelly Theobald examines Truman Capote’s true crime classic ‘In Cold Blood’.

Welcome to China – and welcome to journalism

The big question on everyone’s lips come graduation from uni is ‘what to do next?’ Alistair Robertson went to China and discovered, through his first job working in the media, just what it’s like to be a journalist overseas. Jessica Rosenthal reports.

A day at the rodeo

It may not be the Melbourne Cup, but Cameron Gaze shows an equine sport of a different kind.

Anzac Day in Alice

James Tudor takes us on a photographic journey through Anzac Day 2009 in Alice Springs

Journo in Jandles

Hot off the press from finishing her Diploma of Journalism in Brisbane, Kiwi Clare Chapman crossed back to NZ to begin writing for the Taupo Times. From death knocks to drinking, she tells Grace Naug about her first year in the newsroom.

Minister of photography

Three words: emotion, action and justice. What role do these have in photography and the creative media industry? Bethany Morris speaks to Pastor Enzo Maisano.

Where the wild things are

La Trobe photojournalism student Pen Tayler goes in search of the hidden Cradle Mountain

Review: Safran’s “Race Relations”

Controversial comedian John Safran has made a return to television this week, with his new show Race Relations. In a time when Australia’s sense of humour and understanding of comedy has been in the firing line, Matt de Neef explains how Safran’s witty approach to issues makes for compelling viewing.

An Ocsober-ing thought …

Bree Ryan agreed to give up alcohol for a month, all in the name of a good cause or two. Yet with ten days of teetotalling still to go, she may not have toppled, but she can’t wait to tipple.

Barista blogging

La Trobe journalism student and coffee aficionado Meghan Lodwick reveals how she overcame her scepticism about blogging and went on to launch her site “For the love of beans”.

Music Review – Girls: Album

It’s been a long time since the much celebrated summer of love in 1967. But Kelly Theobald can hear a possible soundtrack for our own upcoming summer in a new release called “Album” from a couple of blokes from San Francisco who call their musical act “Girls”.

Just a tinge of cultural cringe

It’s been more than half a century since “cultural cringe” snuck into our national lexicon. And according to Tom Cowie, there’s no sign that the term has reached its use-by date.

Tofu for me, tofu for you

Journalists – even emerging ones – like to eat as well as drink. And former Queenslander, Luke Raggatt, is no exception, especially now that he’s found the Vegie Bar in Fitzroy.

Blogging upscream

It was all going to be about New Order. But final-year La Trobe Media Studies student Marian Blythe took one long hard look at her everyday life and came up with a very different idea for her blog, Screamedia.

In defence of Gen-Y girls

“If everything the media said about Gen-Y was posted on my dating profile, I would never get asked out,” says Isabel Robinson. So is Gen-Y being unfairly characterised? And why are young women becoming less happy with their lives?

Meet Moose – the new media lab

Moose the chocolate Labrador got bored with his old media habit. But as he discovered, it’s never too late to learn new tricks on Twitter.

Fame: no pain, no gain

Dance was her first true love. But when Kelly Theobald saw the new movie, Fame, it evoked more than mere nostalgia.

What happened next to one journalism graduate

You may not find your dream job in journalism straight away, but there’s a lot of other opportunities out there, as 2007 Bachelor of Journalism graduate Luke Fenney has discovered.

Mufti madness

While recent media coverage shows private school students are increasingly engaging in bullying with the aid of new technology – which is blamed for the increase – Jonno Seidler argues it is the culture perpetuated by the schools which is the cause of the problem.