some online projects
Jervis Dean: writing folio
http://jervisdean.wordpress.com/
My Style Cooking Show
http://www.youtube.com/user/devil6289?feature=mhee
Vi Nguyen: Fashion Photoshoot
http://www.viva-vi.blogspot.com/
Chalsie Mew Placement Drop Dead Gorgeous Daily
http://dropdeadgorgeousdaily.com/
Alex Poll
http://www.thefriedanproject.blogspot.com/
Jess Houghton Celebrity Remix
http://www.youtube.com/user/JessicaRemixa
Caitlin Di Pasquale Travel Blog
http://upupandawaywithme.wordpress.com/
Nicole Buck – 55 days with Clint Eastwood
http://fiftyfivedayswithclinteastwood.wordpress.com
Daniel Gauci – Googlie
http://www.googlie.com.au
Nicholas Acquroff – articles for Broadsheet Melbourne including
http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/food-and-drink/article/tin-raph-rashid-michael-delany-do-spring-racing
Ashleigh Gorman – Simple Baking Adventures blog
http://simplebakingadventures.tumblr.com/
Work opportunity with PBS radio
From former Media student Mara Williams
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ANNOUNCER CO HOST/PRODUCER – PBS THE BREAKFAST SPREAD
PBS 106.7FM is looking for a suitably experienced Breakfast Announcer/Producer to contrast and balance the current co-host and provide broad appeal to our listeners.
For more than 30 years, music broadcaster PBS has played an important role in developing Melbourne’s vibrant music and arts community. Whether it’s jazz, blues, rock or soul – PBS is committed to playing ‘little-heard’ music in all of its forms.
The applicant should have suitable experience in broadcasting, diverse music knowledge, interview skills, a positive ‘can do’ attitude, the ability to work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and not be afraid of early starts.
Applications must include a demo on CD or USB, along with a CV.
The role will require 5 hours commitment each morning, from 6am to 11am, Monday to Friday. Although this is a volunteer position, an appropriate honorarium will be paid.
For more information and a copy of the position description contact seven@pbsfm.org.au.
Melbourne Tigers placement
Here is the information from the Melbourne Tigers. As well as the positions below, they are also interested in someone with web/multimedia skills. If you are interested, please send an expression of interest and either a CV or samples of your work to Lisa asap lgye@swin.edu.au
“We are currently conducting numerous school / community group clinics and promotions in the lead up to the new NBL season and I see a huge opportunity for us to build basketball (and the Tigers) on the back of the work we will be doing in the community. This is also a great opportunity to provide some “on the ground” experience for budding media students.
We are looking for a couple of driven students who would be capable of putting together web stories, media releases and who could be liaising with local media in relation to the clinics and camps we will be doing. The student(s) may be required to attend the clinics themselves (possibly take photos to accompany any stories) however much of the work can be done from home.
In addition there are also media experience opportunities leading into the season which may follow the above, including pre season NBL games, Tigers events and even the NBL games themselves and associated media.”
Project opportunities
Great Connections
Wanted: Students to make an informative video
We support senior volunteers to work in the community.We wish to tell the story of those engagements through video.
The video would highlight the role of 3 key players:
- The CEOs of the Not for Profit organisations – the recipients of the volunteer service
- The Greatconnections Client Managers who manage the project and find the most suitable volunteers
- The Greatconnections Volunteers who give volunteer service
We support all types of Not for Profit organisations including Community Arts, Aboriginal, Disability, Housing, Health etc. These organisations could provide a rich background for the filming.
The purpose of the video is to promote our work to current and potential supporters our funders.
Contact Lisa for more information.
The Burn
The Burn Magazine is a Swinburne student-produced publication published every semester.
The magazine needs enthusiastic writers and photographers to contribute to The Burn this semester. You can pitch a story to write about, take some pictures or help with editing and layout. All students are welcome, regardless of experience.
You would be expected to attend production meetings and be a good team member.
This is a great opportunity to boost your portfolio and have some fun!
If you are interested in contributing, please contact Diana Bossio: dbossio@swin.edu.au
The Age Online
Students are invited to submit an application to Diana Bossio: dbossio@swin.edu.au for work experience at The Age online. The placements run for two weeks. This placement program is highly competitive and only the best applications will get through – so make sure that your application is brilliant! Send a CV and a covering letter to Diana.
Inpress Magazine
Work Experience/ Article submission
Inpress are a leading streetpress and are keen for both interns and contributors. If you have a passionate interest in and knowledge of the local music scene, contact shane@inpress.com.au
Shane O’Donohue Editor – Inpress
Laneway Magazine
http://lanewaymagazine.com.au.
Looking people who want to write regularly for the site, supplying articles at least monthly if not more frequently – will happily publish one time writers if you have a particularly good article and an idea to contribute. If you can do their own photography that is a big plus but not a necessity.
Looking for a wide range of topics including reviews, opinion pieces and some news coverage relevant to the youth based target audience.
Unfortunately, they can’t offer any compensation to writers at the moment but they are able to get you free entry into a lot of music gigs if you are willing to write a good review for them and perhaps take a photo or two.
Francis Nicholls-Wunder editorial@lanewaymagazine.com.au
MOTIF Content Creators and Editors
We are looking for students to write for the MOTIF website and to publish work to MOTIF tv. You will learn how to manage content, create new content and promote new content relevant to current and former Swinburne Media and Communications students.
Contact Lisa lgye@swin.edu.au
Pirate Radio/Life for Beginners/Yarra Reporter
There are new three opportunities available for work placements/experience.
PIRATE RADIO
“The State of Design POP-UP RADIO TOWER is coming in July and we’re going a little bit pirate!!”
“From the top of a makeshift radio tower made out of a shipping container from the design nous of architect Adam Kalkin, smack bang in the middle of Melbourne, the pop-up radio station will broadcast over a 12-day period the happenings of the festival, reportage from roving reporters, up and coming Melbourne bands, artists and commentary from leading design professionals.”
“Bring your expertise to the table plus your infectious energy. We have limited time, but with enough gusto and skill, we’ll get it done.
Production team roles to fill
- Hosts with pop and interest in all things design
- Audio producers and tech savvy folks
- Roving reporters
- Marketing, admin and promotions
- Writers
Music?
If you’re in a local band, solo muso or an up and coming ‘Murray Hewitt’ and would like stuff featured in our broadcasts, contact us.
We want variety! Send us a link to your stuff and we’ll throw it in the mix.
All positions are voluntary but as it’s such a short space of time, commitment isn’t too massive.
Contact the producer Anya Trybala at popupradio.design@gmail.com if you’re keen.
LIFE FOR BEGINNERS
Life for Beginners is a new, independent, media business, which produces and distributes multi-media for pre-schoolers to help teach them about the Australian environment.
Run by two mothers (Martine Corompt and Sonia Orchard) with extensive experience in new media and writing/publishing, Life for Beginners released its dvd-activity card boxset In the Garden last October to rave reviews (see website). They sold their first print run of 1000 copies through Melbourne retailers in the eight weeks before Christmas, and In the Garden was rated by Readings bookstores as their Number One Childrens Nonfiction Title for 2010.
In the Garden and Life for Beginners have appeared in The Herald Sun, The Melbourne Magazine, The Age, Gardening Australia, New Idea and more; and on ABC Radio Melbourne and Hobart and 3RRR. In June In the Garden will be appearing in Burke’s Backyard and The Outdoor Room.
Life for Beginner’s second title By the Pond, will be released in September 2011.
While Life for Beginners has been successful in getting exposure in traditional (print and radio) media, their online presence has been very limited. Life for Beginners has a website (with shopping cart), a blog and a Facebook page, and their focus now is to attract customers to these sites, and increase online sales within Australia and New Zealand.
We are looking for someone to do work experience with our business, with the possibility of this leading to paid work in the future. Jobs would include: formulating an online marketing strategy, generating interest on the Facebook site and blog, and finding and contacting appropriate blogs to promote Life for Beginners. We are looking for someone with initiative to think up creative ways to generate brand-trust, interest and sales amongst all those online mums out there. Being a mother, or someone familiar with the online mummy networks, would be a bonus.
Life for Beginners website: http://www.beginnertime.com
Please apply to Sonia Orchard at Sonia@beginnertime.com and outline your skills, experience, availability and why and how you think you’d be able to improve Life for Beginner’s online presence.
YARRA REPORTER
yarraReporter [http://www.yarrareporter.org.au/] is a training program giving public housing estate residents in the City of Yarra the skills and means to publish stories that matter to them and their community.
This civic journalism project is an initiative of Infoxchange Australia to build skills, capacity, social contribution and leadership amongst residents by modelling cooperative social change in community activities, local news gathering, editing, writing, interviewing and internet-broadcasting.
Project officer, Patrick Anderson, is looking for volunteers to help him implement a series of training workshops in June and July. The tentative training shcedules are below. You don’t need to be an expert in the field to provide assistance. The program focuses on giving participants basic skills. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Lisa [lgye@swin.edu.au] as soon as possible.
New opportunity with the PIJF
The Public Interest Journalism Foundation is looking for someone to help to maintain the YouCommNews blog. If you are keen to assist and have good wordpress and writing skills, please contact the Foundation’s project officer Tara Peck. This is a good work experience opportunity for the right student.
Internship Opportunity
The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas is a centre dedicated to the discussion and practice of writing and ideas through a year-round programme of talks and lectures, readings and debates. They are located in Melbourne adjacent to the State Library of Victoria.
They’re after a full-time marketing co-ordinator and a part-time publicity intern (unpaid).
Check out the position descriptions here.
Project Opportunities 2011
Boroondara Volunteer Expo
Wednesday 9 March – 2pm to 7pm
Venue: Hawthorn Town Hall, 358 Burwood Road, Hawthorn (Melway 45 D10)
WOMOW.com.au stands for Word Of Mouth On the Web and it’s the No 1 Service Review Site in Australia. It’s a forum for helping people find awesome businesses and exposing the dodgy operators. It helps consumers get better service, while also helping good businesses stand out from the crowd and be recognised for providing great service. You can see the actual site here: www.womow.com.au
We’re an exciting small business and recently won the ANZ / MyBusiness Award for Best Startup in Australia. We’re looking for several enthusiastic and talented individuals to help with the three projects described below;
1) Video creation
Create 2 videos for our website – one aimed at users, the other aimed at businesses. Can be quirky / fun but must explain the concept clearly and fit with the (new) branding. This would involve putting together the story-line for the videos, creating the content and producing the video in a web-ready format. Prior experience creating video content is a must.
2) Press / Media Relations
Develop a compelling PR strategy and a series of press releases to get WOMOW a lot more media attention and brand awareness. (May or may not be involved in distribution and following up with journalists.) Creative thinking and exceptional writing skills a must.
3) Social Media Program
Develop a Social Media strategy aimed both at consumers and businesses (we have some ideas on this but need to bed these down). Set this up and prepare the first few months of content (would probably involve a Facebook and Twitter strategy). Prefer someone with some experience working on Facebook strategies for an organisation.
As we are a small business so you must have initiative and be a self-starter. The timing of the placements is flexible but we’d prefer someone with access to their own laptop/computer.
For each of these positions, we’d like the students to apply directly to us by emailing fiona.adler@womow.com.au
Please include any relevant previous work and what skills you would bring to the role.
As we are growing quickly, there is the possibility of further (paid) work for students that perform well.
Infoxchange Australia: Student placement positions www.infoxchange.net.au
Email lgye@infoxchange.net.au, include your CV and she will pass your application on to the project officer at Infoxchange Australia.
Technical/communications/online roles
Infoxchange media and communications assistant
You will become part of the content and communications team at Infoxchange Australia, a community organisation that aims to use technology for social justice. www.infoxchange.net.au
The Position
You will be responsible for compiling the weekly newsletter, which goes out to 75,000 subscribers, assist with communications activities within the organisation and assist with social media strategy and other administrative tasks. You will also be responsible for content management and approval on the Infoxchange News website.
Experience/qualities needed
- Highly organised
- Good writing and editing skills
- Good computer skills (basic HTML skills a bonus)
- Excellent communication
Commitment
Days of work: Tuesday and Friday (more if possible) 12 weeks (More if wanted)
Conditions
Unpaid student internship
Based: Infoxchange Australia head office
375 Johnston Street Abbotsford
Infoxchange.TV Online Content Administrator/Generator
InfoxchangeTV is a ‘youtube for the community sector’ a video repository that features videos from across different organisations and individuals.
The Position
As an online content administrator, you will be responsible for sourcing videos from online resources that will be appropriate for InfoxchangeTV. You will also be responsible for developing an online social media presence for the website. You may even develop your own content for the website.
Experience/qualities needed
- A basic understanding of web content management (youtube etc)
- Have a keen interest in video and multimedia
- Be community-minded
Commitment
Minimum 30 hours – flexible with time
Conditions
Unpaid student internship
Based: Wired @ Collingwood 253 Hoddle Street Collingwood
More community feel type roles
Audio, video production and writing mentor – yarraReporter
yarraReporter is a civic journalism initiative that trains people from newly migrated communities and public housing in journalism and multimedia.
The Position
We are seeking one-on-one tutors for trained yarraReporters who are very interested in sound and video production.
Experience/qualities needed
- A good understanding of video production through Imovie, Final Cut and music production using audio software
- Excellent writing skills
- Patience and openness
- Good communication skills
Commitment
3-4 hours per week – 12 weeks
Conditions
Unpaid student internship
Based: 90 Brunswick Street Fitzroy – eACE computer hub
Video producer – The Gertrude Street Projection Festival –
Sparkle Atherton project
We are developing a community arts project for the Atherton Gardens public housing estate as part of the Gertrude Street Projection Festival entitled Sparkle Atherton. Please visit the blog to find out more: www.sparkleatherton.blogspot.com
The Position
We require a person to film and document the process of this project and create a short video about the community arts project. We will assist with the final product, but filming and photography will be your responsibility. You may also like to get involved in the actual project itself, depending on your level of commitment.
Experience/qualities
- Good understanding of filming and video production (Imovie, Final Cut)
- Flexibility with time (hours may vary)
- Experience with photography a plus
- Creative
Commitment
Times may vary, depending on the flow of the project. April – July 2011
Conditions
Unpaid student internship
Based: Various locations (Fitzroy)
Video/print producer
Create a cooking show OR a cooking book!
There is an incredibly diverse range of people living in public housing in the City of Yarra. Cooking is an excellent way to bring people together. You have the opportunity to create a cooking show or book as part of a media project!
The Position
Utilising a medium you think will work, whether it’s video or even print, you could create an engaging cooking show using the amazing talents of recently migrated and established residents from public housing.
Experience/qualities
- Creative
- Highly organised
- Some experience in video filming and editing
- Good communication skills
- Culturally sensitive and open-minded
Commitment
Dependent on your availability. You create the timelines and schedules
Conditions
Unpaid student internship
Based: Various locations (Media hub @ 90 Brunswick Street Fitzroy)
MOTIF Content Creators and Editors
We are looking for students to write for the MOTIF website and to publish work to MOTIF tv. You will learn how to manage content, create new content and promote new content relevant to current and former Swinburne Media and Communications students.
Contact Lisa Gye <lgye@swin.edu.au>
Inpress Magazine
Work Experience/ Article submission
Inpress are a leading streetpress and are keen for both interns and contributors. If you have a passionate interest in and knowledge of the local music scene, contact shane@inpress.com.au
Shane O’Donohue Editor – Inpress
Laneway Magazine
http://lanewaymagazine.com.au.
Looking people who want to write regularly for the site, supplying articles at least monthly if not more frequently – will happily publish one time writers if you have a particularly good article and an idea to contribute. If you can do their own photography that is a big plus but not a necessity.
Looking for a wide range of topics including reviews, opinion pieces and some news coverage relevant to the youth based target audience.
Unfortunately, they can’t offer any compensation to writers at the moment but they are able to get you free entry into a lot of music gigs if you are willing to write a good review for them and perhaps take a photo or two.
Francis Nicholls-Wunder editorial@lanewaymagazine.com.au
Youthworx Productions
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Online Projects 2011
Thelma Magazine – Tegan Kop and Kealey Nutt
Youthbeat – Sam Cremean
Sarah Gallagher
http://extraordinaryofordinary.wordpress.com
Louisa James
http://loubandbanter.blogspot.com
Youthworx – Linna Lui
http://www.meileimultimedia.com/blog
Bianca LiRosi
http://biancasproject.wordpress.com/
Vlora Hoti
http://academically-challenged.blogspot.com/
Bernard Winter
http://industryplacement.blogspot.com/
Chris Murgatroyd
On Disc
Laura Cousens
http://motif.swinmc.net/student_work/laurac
Deborah Cidoni
Old Project Opportunity
The Salvation Army have been running a project assisting migrants with their integration into their new communities in Australia by pairing them with Australian families. As part of the project they would like to record some videos of the families and their experiences looking at questions such as