50 Interviews – Journalist mistakes African American actors
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Only months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Oriana Fallaci grills the newly appointed leader, writes Shahin Mehrkhavari.
In Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir, she responds to rumours about her lovers and mental illness, writes Jasmine Woods.
Samuel L Jackson scolds a journalist for confusing the actor with fellow African American, Laurence Fishburne, writes Dylan Walton.
Only months after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Oriana Fallaci grills the newly appointed leader, writes Shahin Mehrkhavari.
In Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir, she responds to rumours about her lovers and mental illness, writes Jasmine Woods.
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’.
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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.
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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.
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La Trobe photojournalism student Pen Tayler goes in search of the hidden Cradle Mountain
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.
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.
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”.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
“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?
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.
Dance was her first true love. But when Kelly Theobald saw the new movie, Fame, it evoked more than mere nostalgia.
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.
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.