On press freedom and legitimacy in the Maldives
Having spent two weeks training journalists in the Maldives, it was interesting to observe that the complaints of young journalists there touch on the similar issues facing the press in the UK and Australia
Letter to the Editor
Here is the full text of my letter to The Australian in response to Cameron Stewart’s piece, Media’s Great Divide.
Content matters, so make it work
Creating content was the topic of last week’s Volunteering Queensland media workshop run by the University of Queensland.
Video tips from a MasterChef editor
Structure. pace and clarity are Brett McCauley’s ingredients for a good edit. Having worked on Channel Ten’s successful MasterChef series McCauley has some good ideas about how to keep an audience visually and emotionally engaged.
Hacked into shape
Any journalist who has been mentored by a seasoned hack understands the benefits of someone deleting the first three pars of your story
Multimedia production reaches beyond journalism
Advertising, interactive narratives, social media, citizen journalism and gaming are all part of the mix in the third-year Convergent Production course at the University of Queensland this semester.
Gen Y JACs it up
JACdigital is evolving into a student portal. Following a design the aim is to make the site a one-stop journalism portal.
Lecture: online editing
Online editing lecture given to journalism students at the University of Queensland.
