Swinburne’s Deanne Mason spoke to the United Nations’ Deputy Chief of Communication and Public Information Section to gain insight on the life of a UN worker and learnt just how far studying media can take you.
Some further thoughts on Assignment One
This assignment is asking you to do three things: Identify an aspect of your identity that is an important part of who you think you are – and then think about a moment/event that was important in helping you to characterise yourself to yourself and to others in this way Represent that moment or event [...]
Free web hosting
The following link will take you to a good free webhost http://www.000webhost.com/ This might be a more robust way to host your own site than Opax – you get 1500mb Disk Space and 100gb free transfer a month.
Nice intro tutorials on Dreamweaver CS4
The following is a nice intro tutorial for working with Dreamweaver CS4. The author has other short Dreamweaver tutorials available on youtube.
Interview with Nicole Brady
Justin Hoffman speaks to the editor of The Age’s Green Guide and discusses how television and its politics continue to thrive despite the push for convergence to online media.
Name our new magazine!
Media and Communications at Swinburne are set to launch their very own magazine! The first issue is out in June. But…we don’t have a name! Be a part of Swinburne history by naming our magazine — submissions accepted now!
Derrida on deconstruction
Taken from Derrida: The Movie available in the library.
Students struggle on Youth Allowance
Imagine $371.40 a fortnight – could you survive? Imagine waking up in a dirty old share house after a trashy night in with a goon bag; all you can think about is your $3 coffee to get you through the day. You take your usual one minute shower before the hot water runs out. After [...]
Sports Journalism opportunity
Interested in Sports Journalism? The Roar (www.theroar.com.au) is a sports opinion website that allows aspiring journalists to become published writers and be read alongside established sports columnists such as Spiro Zavos, Geoff Lawson, Jesse Fink and others. Benefits of writing on The Roar: • Get a published body of work together (all articles are reviewed [...]
Our Say student placement opportunity
OurSay is a website which links politicians with Australia’s generation Y over issues that matter to them. Guest politicians respond to the most highly voted questions via online videos as people twitter about their responses. An extended explanation is up at: http://www.oursay.org.au/ They’re looking for a savvy media/marketing/communications guru to be part of their team. [...]