Kelly Theobald, whose life was cut tragically short by a car accident on the Birdsville Track in outback South Australia last Friday, crammed a lot of living into her 27 years, writes Lawrie Zion.
Satirical news has become a trusted news source, Caitlin McArthur asks whether it will surpass traditional media outlets.
The recent on-air shooting of two journalists in the U.S. has raised serious ethical questions for media outlets, writes Rudi Edsall.
Kelly Theobald, whose life was cut tragically short by a car accident on the Birdsville Track in outback South Australia last Friday, crammed a lot of living into her 27 years, writes Lawrie Zion.
Satirical news has become a trusted news source, Caitlin McArthur asks whether it will surpass traditional media outlets.
The recent on-air shooting of two journalists in the U.S. has raised serious ethical questions for media outlets, writes Rudi Edsall.
It began as a modest blog. Now Craig Silverman’s Regret The Error is transforming the way we look at mistakes in the media. Lawrie Zion spoke to him for our Sited column, and for ABC radio’s Future Tense program.
We hear a lot of different things about the impact of social media. In this recent presentation, upstart editor-in-chief Lawrie Zion discusses its role in building the upstart audience.
A group of aspiring journalists have joined forces to chronicle their efforts to get jobs in the media. Nick Petrie, who is one fifth of the group Wannabe Hacks, tells Lawrie Zion about this unusual collaboration.
Building a brand with social media: Lawrie Zion tells the story of upstart magazine at La Trobe University this afternoon at 3:30.
There aren’t many people who can claim to have energised contemporary debates about journalism as much as New York University’s Jay Rosen. So if you’re not already reading his blog PressThink, read on, says Lawrie Zion.
This week Lawrie Zion launches a new column called ‘Sited’ that suggests places on the web that anyone with an interest in journalism should follow. To kick it off, he profiles CJR.org – a web spinoff of the 50 year-old magazine, Columbia Journalism Review.
Heading to the Melbourne Writers Festival? Then why not write something yourself – this year’s program includes an array of international speakers and recently graduated former upstart editor, Tom Cowie, as well as several La Trobe Journalism staff.
Lawrie Zion wants the election postponed for a week, so we can instead vote for another debate about debates.
While the political spotlight’s been shining on the Prime Ministerial contest, Lawrie Zion has moved forward to consider who might lead the Opposition after the upcoming election.
With less than two weeks to go until the election, Lawrie Zion examines the impact of yet another former Labor leader intervening in Julia Gillard’s campaign.
Lawrie Zion reckons we need a few international candidates to get this election campaign moving forward.
Upstart editors, past and present, are spreading their words across a range of media outlets. Lawrie Zion reports, ahead of embarking on his own mid-year mission.
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.
Upstart’s ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’ project is the subject of an article in the British online publication, Journalism.co.uk.
If you have a blog, upstart wants to hear from you. Get in touch with us at contact@upstart.net.au.
In the second episode of upcast we talk to La Trobe’s digital media officer Matt Smith about his ‘bucket list’ and to Lawrie Zion about the upcoming sports journalism symposium on April 8.
The Jewish festival of Passover is coming up, but Lawrie Zion has decided that he won’t be celebrating this year. Read why in this piece that was first published on the ABC site, The Drum.
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.
It’s happy half-birthday to us. Send us your comments, your criticisms, and even your congratulations – we want the lot.
In the latest of our series of #topjournobooks, Lawrie Zion gives two big thumbs up to Nobody’s Perfect, by New Yorker movie reviewer, Anthony Lane.
