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Journalists wanted at Seven

The Seven Network is putting the call out for reporters, producers and researchers to join its news and current affairs team.

RBI Editorial Cadetship Program

Reed Business Information is looking for a junior journalist for its Editorial Cadetship Program in Sydney.

Journalists wanted at Seven

The Seven Network is putting the call out for reporters, producers and researchers to join its news and current affairs team.

RBI Editorial Cadetship Program

Reed Business Information is looking for a junior journalist for its Editorial Cadetship Program in Sydney.

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Bound for Kuwait

It’s been a big week for a number of upstart contributors. Editor Erdem Koc and final-year students Kelly Theobald and Tom Cowie are off to Kuwait to join a study tour for Australian journalism students. And our sports section is ramping up for the summer with new features about Melbourne’s spring carnival and the resurgence of roller derby.

Student journalism award

Had any good stories run lately? The Melbourne Press Club is calling for submissions for its Siemens Award for Student Journalism. First prize includes $2,000 cash, and entries close on 9 October.

Traineeships at Fairfax

Feeling glum about your prospects of ever finding a job when you graduate? Well this will brighten your day — three traineeships with Fairfax.

Upstart is 3 months old today

Some of us remember what we did yesterday; a few of us can recall at least one event from last weekend. But have you got any idea what you were doing the day upstart was born three months ago?

SBS cadetships

SBS has announced details of two journalist cadet positions for 2010, including a position for an Indigenous Journalism Cadet. Please note that applications for both positions close on 2 October.

ABC cadet journalist program 2010

The ABC’s News Division is offering a number of positions in its Cadet Journalist training program. The successful applicants will be offered a one-year training contract and will be trained as journalists for radio, television and online news.

Scandinavian art exhibition

ScanArt 2009 is showing at RMIT’s First Site Gallery in the city. This annual event showcases the best Scandinavian student art and design from Australia and New Zealand. Steinar Ellingsen reports

Ossie Awards for student journalism

Written or broadcast anything that you’re really proud of this year? The Journalism Education Association of Australia is calling for entries for the annual Ossie Awards for student journalism.

Coming soon to a lecture theatre near you

Waleed Aly, Erin Cassar, and Michael Gawenda are just three of the guest lecturers joining us at La Trobe in coming weeks. And you’re all invited to hear them speak.

Student awards for sports journalism

Have you produced a journalistic work relating to sport? Are you an undergraduate journalism student? This year, the Australian Sports Commission Media Awards has included in its awards list a recognition of the best reporting of sport or sport-related issues by a student.

Calls for interns

The Walkey Foundation is calling on journalism and communications students to apply for its 2009 internship programs.

Melbourne Press Club student journalism awards

Have you had any work published in the last year? Are you a student journalist in Victoria? If so, read on to see how you can enter in to the 2009 Melbourne Press Club awards for excellence in Victorian student journalism.

Politicians and journalists: adversaries or bedfellows?

The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism is hosting a public panel discussion on Tuesday 11 August with some of Australia’s finest journalists who will discuss the relationship between politics and the media.

Meet upstart editor, Erdem Koc

Final year Law/Media student Erdem Koc has been appointed editor of upstart for the rest of 2009. Please make him welcome, as he settles into his first week at the editor’s desk (which is actually a pretty basic laptop).

Why we loved MasterChef

La Trobe’s resident TV critic Sue Turnbull gives the recipe for a top-rating show.