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Jean Kemshal-Bell

ScanArt launch

Last Friday saw the launch of the biggest ScanArt exhibition to date. Jean Kemshal-Bell reports on emerging Scandinavian artists and the delights of Jarlsberg.

Typecasting mental health professionals

Can you remember the last time you saw a realistic portrayal of a mental health practitioner in the media? Rarely are we shown positive depictions of them on screen, writes Jean Kemshal-Bell

The silent predator

Michael Winterbottom’s new film, The Killer Inside Me, has caused outrage for graphically showing women being abused. But, as Jean Kemshal-Bell writes, perhaps seeing this brutality is a necessary step towards recognising the reality of violence against women.

ScanArt launch

Last Friday saw the launch of the biggest ScanArt exhibition to date. Jean Kemshal-Bell reports on emerging Scandinavian artists and the delights of Jarlsberg.

Typecasting mental health professionals

Can you remember the last time you saw a realistic portrayal of a mental health practitioner in the media? Rarely are we shown positive depictions of them on screen, writes Jean Kemshal-Bell

The silent predator

Michael Winterbottom’s new film, The Killer Inside Me, has caused outrage for graphically showing women being abused. But, as Jean Kemshal-Bell writes, perhaps seeing this brutality is a necessary step towards recognising the reality of violence against women.

more from Jean Kemshal-Bell

The Town: Film review

Ben Affleck returns to the director’s chair for his latest film, The Town. Jean Kemshal-Bell reviews the Boston-based crime thriller.

ScanArt launch

Last Friday saw the launch of the biggest ScanArt exhibition to date. Jean Kemshal-Bell reports on emerging Scandinavian artists and the delights of Jarlsberg.

Typecasting mental health professionals

Can you remember the last time you saw a realistic portrayal of a mental health practitioner in the media? Rarely are we shown positive depictions of them on screen, writes Jean Kemshal-Bell

The silent predator

Michael Winterbottom’s new film, The Killer Inside Me, has caused outrage for graphically showing women being abused. But, as Jean Kemshal-Bell writes, perhaps seeing this brutality is a necessary step towards recognising the reality of violence against women.

Led Zephyr collection launch party

Designer Zephyr Marama displayed an inventive style of footwear as part of Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Jean Kemshal-Bell reports on the ‘Darth Vader Boot’.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World: Review

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams but first he has to defeat her seven evil exes. Jean Kemshal-Bell reviews.

Citizens’ agenda – what should the pollies be talking about?

American journalism academic Jay Rosen suggests Australian journalists use the citizens’ agenda to guide their coverage. With this in mind we’re asking: what do you wish candidates were discussing in the lead up to the election?

La Trobe University’s five-year Strategic Plan

Vice-chancellor Paul Johnson discusses the new plan, the decreasing number of international students and the government’s proposed lift of caps on government-funded enrolments. Jean Kemshal-Bell reports.

upstart turns one

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.

100 articles – ‘Outfoxed’

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has a well-known right-wing bias and Glen Greenwald’s film Outfoxed is seen as evidence of the mogul’s ‘war on journalism’. Selected by Jean Kemshal-Bell, Outfoxed is part of our 100 articles project.