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upstart turns one

Upstart is one year-old this Saturday. Co-founders Lawrie Zion and Chris Scanlon look back on the first twelve months of an experiment that’s resulted in dozens of students and journalists publishing more than 500 items on the site.

Will you be named student journalist of the year?

Had any pieces run on upstart lately? Think that assignment you scored an ‘A’ for might be up there with your best work? Then maybe you should think about entering the Media Super Student Journalist of the Year awards. But get moving, your submission has to be in by 3 May.

Upstart in the USA

The history of upstart, all eight months of it, has been the subject of an article by Lawrie Zion that was published this week in an a newsletter run by the US-based Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

upstart turns one

Upstart is one year-old this Saturday. Co-founders Lawrie Zion and Chris Scanlon look back on the first twelve months of an experiment that’s resulted in dozens of students and journalists publishing more than 500 items on the site.

Will you be named student journalist of the year?

Had any pieces run on upstart lately? Think that assignment you scored an ‘A’ for might be up there with your best work? Then maybe you should think about entering the Media Super Student Journalist of the Year awards. But get moving, your submission has to be in by 3 May.

Upstart in the USA

The history of upstart, all eight months of it, has been the subject of an article by Lawrie Zion that was published this week in an a newsletter run by the US-based Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Welcome to the blogosphere

A big welcome to the 200 new bloggers who have set up sites in the last week as part of a first-year journalism assignment at La Trobe University. And check out the every-growing #TEJ2013 blog roll.

upstart turns one

Upstart is one year-old this Saturday. Co-founders Lawrie Zion and Chris Scanlon look back on the first twelve months of an experiment that’s resulted in dozens of students and journalists publishing more than 500 items on the site.

Will you be named student journalist of the year?

Had any pieces run on upstart lately? Think that assignment you scored an ‘A’ for might be up there with your best work? Then maybe you should think about entering the Media Super Student Journalist of the Year awards. But get moving, your submission has to be in by 3 May.

Upstart in the USA

The history of upstart, all eight months of it, has been the subject of an article by Lawrie Zion that was published this week in an a newsletter run by the US-based Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Teaching emerging journalists

La Trobe University’s Matthew Smith interviews upstart co-founder Lawrie Zion about the changing face of journalism education.

Welcome back (we always could spot a friend)

Despite the record heat, upstart has survived the festive break and made it back for the start of a new year. It’s the dawn of 2010, a year we hope holds plenty of exciting developments in store for emerging journalists.

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.