In this Working Journalist profile, Matt Calvitto meets Dario Nelli, editor of Australia’s Italian newspaper, Il Globo.
In this working journalist profile, Dave Warneke meets Eddie Summerfield who covers news for regional FM radio stations in Mildura and Mount Gambier.
Neos Kosmos’ Sotiris Hatzimanolis talks to John Pyrros about his job as editor-in-chief of Australia’s biggest selling Greek newspaper.
In this Working Journalist profile, Matt Calvitto meets Dario Nelli, editor of Australia’s Italian newspaper, Il Globo.
In this working journalist profile, Dave Warneke meets Eddie Summerfield who covers news for regional FM radio stations in Mildura and Mount Gambier.
Neos Kosmos’ Sotiris Hatzimanolis talks to John Pyrros about his job as editor-in-chief of Australia’s biggest selling Greek newspaper.
This account of how a piece in Rolling Stone led to the resignation of one of America’s most senior military officials joins our ‘100 articles’ list.
Although he died more than 60 years ago, George Orwell’s work remains a signficant influence on journalists. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth nominates this essay to join our ‘100 articles’ list.
What happens when the star won’t be interviewed? A 1966 profile of Frank Sinatra changed journalism forever, says George Galanis in this selection for our list of the ‘100 articles’ about journalism that every journalist should read.
This year’s Sydney Cup is an open-ended affair. David Cameron sizes up the contenders in the staying classic and in the other feature races on the final day of Sydney’s autumn racing carnival.
Can short-form social media stimulate an appetite for long-form journalism? A British journalist is showing that it can, as James Rosewarne explains in this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project.
What should journalists do when politicians won’t answer their questions? This BBC interview shows one approach, says Renee Tibbs, who has selected the exchange for our ‘100 articles’ project.
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.
What are the responsibilities of online media when it comes to reporting disasters? From Osaka, La Trobe exchange student Glen Clancy considers the difference between Japanese and international coverage of the recent calamities in Japan.
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.
Sydney outfit Sparkadia have undergone a drastic change over the past few years, with babies and break-ups taking apart the original band. But to support their new album, the band is on tour. Shelby Houghton saw them play in Newcastle.
In France, matches between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille are among the most fiercely contested in European football. Evan Harding was at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille to witness their latest clash.
Conviction is a film based on the true story of exonerated killer Kenneth Waters. It’s worth seeing, says Radhika Chopra.
This week we welcome a new editorial team at upstart, all of whom bring very different experiences and enthusiasms to the magazine. We hope you like them. And we want you to pitch your stories to them.
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.
La Trobe University welcomes its first sport journalism students this week. But what exactly makes a good sport journalist? Matt Smith talking about this and more with degree coodinator David Lowden.
This feature on the West Gate bridge failed to find a home in a newspaper. One section editor explained that ‘our readers aren’t interested in the West Gate bridge. Our readers hate the West Gate bridge!’ But why? Rachel Buchanan reflects on this “un-Melbourne” landmark and issues an invitation.
Following the success of Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle’s latest offering, 127 Hours, is a survival story that is possibly his most intense film yet, according to Radhika Chopra.
Got your resume in shape? The Border Mail is looking for journalists to join its editorial team. The award-winning regional daily newspaper is based in Albury/Wodonga and covers north-eastern Victoria and southern NSW.
This week’s Sited selection is Reportr.net – a ‘live notebook’ by journalism educator and former BBC journalist Alfred Hermida, that chronicles media and journalism trends. Lawrie Zion profiles the site.
