After a dangerous amount of built up nervous anticipation, I have completed week one of my internship and I’m still alive! Among many things, week one has certainly been an experience worth remembering. The first couple of days were the most difficult. Somewhat disillusioned and fraught that I didn’t have what it took, I found(…)

The rumours are true everyone… I am moving to the sports department tomorrow, YES! That is all. Zane

Well on my first post ever I told you all about my poor friend Justin Koschitzke and his injury woes (if you remember Media Watch bemoaned the fact that he was the first story on Channel 9 news one night, rather unfairly I thought). Well GREAT news he made his comeback today (Sunday), played a(…)

Well bearing in mind I was with the police reporters for the week, I’ll start by quoting the chief police reporter – “This was one of the slowest crime weeks we’ve had in years, sorry mate.” That sums it up pretty well, my last few days have been quiet but I’ve had the chance to(…)

I think people over-use the word ‘fundamentally’. any thoughts?

Firstly, I would like to give a big HELLO to my Jschool peers. I hope it is all going ok for you all, with the array of newspapers we are at I’m sure we’ll all have cool different stories to tell when we get back to class. Day One Needless to say when i turned(…)

There is not a lot to add to whatever has already been said. I agree with all in saying the student industry day was excellent and an absolute must for final year journalism students. Where were they all? Every speaker on the day contributed some piece of advice which was useful. Firstly a tip or(…)

After a rewarding Media pass student day we took a leisurely walk (although some would argue otherwise) along the river – destination the Walkley forum at the Regatta. Apparently last year the launch was really just a night of free drinks and nibbles and not a lot more so that is pretty much what I(…)

From all speeches presented at the Walkley Forum, it seems that Network Ten has a strong belief in journalism uni students. Their work experience program, offers for volantary work on weekends and Internships are wonderful opportunities which budding reporters need in order to get their foot-in-the-door. Ten seems to have the right attitude when it(…)

Good old Queensland, just when you thought we were catching up on the two decades worth of progress we missed out on under dictator Joh, our regressive nature comes back to kick sensibility and forward thinking right up the backside. The people of Toowoomba this weekend had the chance to show Australia that hey, we’re(…)

Following our appearance at the student day we headed to the Regatta Hotel in Toowng for a Walkley forum with a focus on Journalists covering traumatic situations. While common sense tells us most people who witness horrific events are bound to be effected, apparently this attitude has been seen as a weakness in many news(…)

No, “what a disaster” isn’t a description of the night, but the name of the forum we attended on Thursday night (Thursday 27th July to be exact). Moderated by Channel 10’s Cathy Border, the forum what a disaster: assessing media coverage of trauma and tragedy was informative, entertaining and insightful thanks to heartfelt and honest(…)