Category Archives: Jschool 2006

Brisbane News

So, here’s a bit of a rundown of my time at the Brisbane News. Being a weekly publication, there was a bit of a different vibe to the place. Each day just sort of petered out, rather than ending in the flurry that daily papers do. Mind you, things got a bit frantic on Friday [...]

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Andrew Bolt gives Prof Henningham a big wrap!

I know he will be embarrassed by my posting this but I think it’s great kudos from a well-known man in the media industry. -> have a look here Politically, I don’t agree with the vast majority of what Bolt says (Liberal Party spokesman, Howard and G.W Bush champion, blaming the harmless Judas Priest on [...]

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Good wrap for Jschool in the Oz :-)

What makes a good school of journalism Sally Jackson The Australian, September 21, 2006, p.17 JOURNALISM courses run by the University of the Sunshine Coast, the University of Western Sydney and the private Brisbane college Jschool have been judged the best by their students. All the graduates of those courses who returned questionnaires in the [...]

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Not explosive but good none-the-less

Hi all, just thought I’d put a quick few words up about my last few days here at the Grafton Daily Examiner (DEX if you’re in the know). Nothing dramatic like a bomb scare (sounds cool Merrin) but I have been kept pretty busy. The editor here is a cool guy and the news conferences [...]

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An explosive start

Yesterday I arrived at the Queensland Times at 10am. Three hours later, I was witnessing the police bomb squad remove a suspicious item that looked like a silver cylinder with a timing device and wires attached being removed from inside the roof of a unit. About five minutes later, I heard a surprisingly loud explosion [...]

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