By Grace | Published:
Sunday, 29th June, 2008
J-school blog for when I finally get internet connection
Sunday 15/05/08
Freaking out about the internship and just finished packing before I leave for the Sunny Coast. Done some research on Maroochydore and have a few story ideas. Feeling a little intimidated about the whole news room thing, but it’ll be fun to be thrown in the [...]
By Cait | Published:
Friday, 27th June, 2008
After two weeks away enjoying the lad back lifestyle of the north, it is back to reality but coming back to reality wasn’t a fun experience.
Here’s a tale of a male at 30,000 feet:
I experienced first hand and I now understand why people want to bring in “fat taxes” on airplanes.
Don’t get [...]
By Cait | Published:
Friday, 27th June, 2008
It doesn’t matter how prepared you think you are for the newsroom, nothing can prepare you for the excitement you feel in the whirl wind of a newsroom.
The Cairns Post is centrally located in the heart of Cairns city in a big beautiful old white stone building just one street away from the Esplanade. [...]
By Sandhya | Published:
Friday, 27th June, 2008
Today is the final day of my two week internship at Bundy’s News Mail.
I honestly thought I would have plenty of time to write my blog and I would have nothing to do here.
was i surprised???
They gave me plenty of work to do and made sure I was really busy..
I was determined to write something [...]
By Luke | Published:
Friday, 27th June, 2008
Well, it’s my final day here at the Queensland Times, working for the Advertiser and the QT. I’ve been trying to get on to the blog for 5 days now, and after persevering with the same password every day (which Rob told me-cheers Rob), it finally let me on!!! Everyone has been really fantastic here-there [...]
By James | Published:
Thursday, 26th June, 2008
The past couple of days were not what I was expecting. I thought as the week progressed that everyone would be getting more stressed but obviously this news room isn’t like that at all.
Unlike other internships, this week has been a perfect blend of work and chinwagging. Whenever I’ve been less than preoccupied, a story [...]
By 08-grace_w | Published:
Wednesday, 25th June, 2008
To begin; I’m staying at a cheap little YHA hostel in Maroochydore sharing a room with an interesting selection of ever-changing roomates including: a lovely German girl who offered me cookies and chocolates- [she unfortunately left about 10 minutes after my arrival, warning me about the "horrible 8 minute timer on the showers"] , a whiney American girl who [...]
By James | Published:
Tuesday, 24th June, 2008
The ungodly hour of 6am approached. Surely no normal human being can operate at such a time…
I managed to haul my body out of bed, grab a coffee and take off for what would be an hour drive to Acacia Ridge situated in the southern suburbs of Brisbane (or as many see it, toothless Joe [...]
By Clare | Published:
Monday, 23rd June, 2008
Panic set in about three hours into my journey up the coast. Small town Australia scared me. Visions of snakes, spiders, cockroaches and all unpredictable slithery, crawling, flying things began to make me seriously consider the impulse to jump off the bus and get back to civilisation pronto.
But my fears proved unjustified.
Work at the paper [...]
By Rob | Published:
Monday, 23rd June, 2008
So by friday I was feeling pretty good. The work load had intensified slightly and the big push to get the weekend edition out was very exciting. My day went like this:
Got to the office early, wrote some briefs from once large pile of press releases that was now smaller.
Went to the news conference. My [...]
By Rob | Published:
Monday, 23rd June, 2008
So day 1 and 2 ended. I don’t know how but they did and I had written stuff and even said something slightly relevant at the news conference. I was beginning to unclench. Vox Pops were being thrown at me like Australian backpackers throw tomatoes at La Tomatina in Valencia. In the 5 days I [...]
By Rob | Published:
Monday, 23rd June, 2008
My pallid complexion will tell you that the only light I have seen recently is from the mournful glow of a computer screen. Windows seem to be at a premium in a newsroom reserved for the front door and the toilet. But I was so busy my brain relegated any thoughts of the birds and [...]
By Cait | Published:
Wednesday, 18th June, 2008
Blog from Cairns:
Note: This blog was written day three in Cairns but I have had trouble logging in!
Trying to find a “good” tourist information shop has a whole new meaning. Rule number one when you are in Cairns and looking for a tourist information centre make sure the travel agent can speak or [...]
By 08-grace_w | Published:
Monday, 16th June, 2008
I’ve recently noticed my instincts in everyday life have changed since starting jschool in Feb.
Nothing drastic, just a few little changes to my reactions to certain things. such as whenever i go to a movie or gig i’m constantly thinking about whether or not it’s worth reviewing.
Also the other week Delphine and i picked up [...]
By Delphine | Published:
Tuesday, 3rd June, 2008
The surprise of the year: politicians are, in reality, pretty funny people! And that’s not especially a compliment…
In fact, when you put them all together in the same room, the result is actually quite interesting. you just changed them into kids!!
Those people are supposed to take decisions, improve the life of the people they are representing, but [...]
By Rob | Published:
Tuesday, 3rd June, 2008
Well I will cut to the chase. Here is the link to my blog… roblockyear.blogspot.com. I was thinking of calling it Lockyear’s World as a homage to John Simpson but thought that might have been a little bit egoistic. The ease with which a blog can be created scares me a little bit. Anyone can [...]
By Clare | Published:
Monday, 2nd June, 2008
It sounds like any one of the mind-rotting reality television shows that currently bombard our screens. It could be Big Brother, [insert country] Idol, or one of the shows that follow the tribulations of the obese while they fight cattily with one another and try to lose 500 kilos in three weeks.
But it’s not. Today [...]