Melbourne’s check mate
Is chess still a popular game? Matthew Dixon headed to the Melbourne Chess Club to find out.
Is chess still a popular game? Matthew Dixon headed to the Melbourne Chess Club to find out.
Our own Matthew Dixon has been offered a full-time journalist position with the Kalgoorlie Miner.
With the unveiling of the world’s first fat tax in Denmark, Matthew Dixon investigates if it is a possible solution for Australia’s obesity problems.
Is chess still a popular game? Matthew Dixon headed to the Melbourne Chess Club to find out.
Our own Matthew Dixon has been offered a full-time journalist position with the Kalgoorlie Miner.
With the unveiling of the world’s first fat tax in Denmark, Matthew Dixon investigates if it is a possible solution for Australia’s obesity problems.
Just finished your journalism degree and scored your first media gig? Then here at upstart we want to know all about it, as we track the fate of the class of 2011.
Is chess still a popular game? Matthew Dixon headed to the Melbourne Chess Club to find out.
Our own Matthew Dixon has been offered a full-time journalist position with the Kalgoorlie Miner.
With the unveiling of the world’s first fat tax in Denmark, Matthew Dixon investigates if it is a possible solution for Australia’s obesity problems.
A visit to the Royal Melbourne Show can be costly. Matthew Dixon finds out if this major event is really worth the expense.
A discussion on America’s National Public Radio about the dangers faced by Mexican journalists has been nominated by Matthew Dixon to join our ‘100 articles’ list.
What do aspiring journalists need to do to get themselves noticed in an intensely competitive environment? Matthew Dixon explores.
The incentives for teachers to move to remote areas of the Northern Territory might be attractive but are they worth it? Matthew Dixon explores.
It was one of the most haunting images to appear in newspapers the day after 9/11. Why did it disappear? That’s what Tom Junod wondered when he wrote ‘Falling Man’, which Matthew Dixon has selected for our ‘100 articles’ list.
Hardcourt bike polo has emerged as a popular sport among the cycling community in Melbourne. Matthew Dixon and Liana Neri went along to the regular Sunday contests.
La Trobe graduate Rania Spooner works for a regional daily newspaper and says she wouldn’t have done her cadetship any other way. She chatted to Matthew Dixon for our ‘Where are they now?’ project.
Does the tragic massacre in Norway force us in Australia to question our attitude towards firearm control? Matthew Dixon considers Australia’s stance on firearms.
This week, we welcome upstart’s new editorial team. We hope you like them. And we really want you to pitch your stories to them.
Some have claimed that Bob Katter’s new political party is a joke soon to be forgotten about. But as Matthew Dixon explains, it could end up having a bigger effect on Australian politics than we think.
La Trobe student Matthew Dixon reports from the (geographic) middle of America about his experience as an exchange student at the world’s oldest journalism school.