Naim Kurt speaks to journalists on strike at The Age and finds out how the recent redundancies will affect emerging journalists.
Objectivity has long been one of the important principles of journalism, but why has it now also become one of the most hotly contested? Tom Midwood takes a comical analysis.
The Three Little Pigs were guilty and the big bad wolf had a cold? Yeliz Selvi investigates the connection between fact and fairytale.
Naim Kurt speaks to journalists on strike at The Age and finds out how the recent redundancies will affect emerging journalists.
Objectivity has long been one of the important principles of journalism, but why has it now also become one of the most hotly contested? Tom Midwood takes a comical analysis.
The Three Little Pigs were guilty and the big bad wolf had a cold? Yeliz Selvi investigates the connection between fact and fairytale.
Concerned about the future of journalism or interested in being a part of it? Then check out New News 2010 which runs this Thursday and Friday in Melbourne. Sarah Green looks at some of the program highlights.
An array of local and international speakers will take part in next month’s Walkley Media Conference in Sydney. Their mission? Figuring out how storytelling can thrive as we enter the second decade of the 21st century.
Michael Skoler believes that heritage media has much to learn from Web 2.0. A recent piece he wrote for Harvard’s Niemann Reports has been selected by Sarah Green for our list of the the ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
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.
With many major media companies now planning to build paywalls for their content, Kellie Mayo selects a cautionary tale about the challenges one newspaper has faced for inclusion in our list of the ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
Could Google help revive the economic fortunes of journalism? The Atlantic’s James Fallows argues there’s grounds for optimism, and Lawrie Zion has added his recent cover story on the subject to our ‘100 articles’ list.
Foreign correspondent jobs have always been highly sought after. But what is the future of reporting for one’s home country from a disant desitnation? As part of our ‘100 articles’ project, James Briggs considers a sobering 2007 Washington Post piece by Pamela Constable.
Are you a final-year journalism student in 2010? If so, you can join the journalists’ union for free while completing your degree.
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.
It’s happy half-birthday to us. Send us your comments, your criticisms, and even your congratulations – we want the lot.
If you believe the reports, the media business is in crisis. Then why are enrollments in journalism courses going up? Christopher Scanlon investigates.
La Trobe’s Lawrie Zion is one of the panelists in a discussion this afternoon entitled “Do Journos do it better? Journalists in SocMedia Communities”, which is part of the Media140 conference being held in Sydney and streamed live on the web.
What is the future of journalism in the social media age? That’s the central question being posed at the Media140 Sydney conference that kicks off today. La Trobe University is a sponsor of the event, which will be held at the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters.
On Wednesday 14th October, Lawrie Zion co-hosted the Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on 774 ABC Melbourne. Their guests included Don Watson, whose latest book is called ‘Bendable Learnings, The Wisdom of Modern Management’. They also discussed journalism education and upstart.
ABC Managing Director tackles this question in his 2009 A.N.Smith Lecture in Journalism on Wednesday, 14th of October.
In keeping with our “open class” policy for guest lectures in La Trobe’s journalism, media, and cinema studies subjects, all students and staff are invited to attend two lectures being held today focusing on journalism ethics.
People will pay more for quality, right? Not always. Take journalism for example.
