Week 5 : Second News Story – attack

Car attack leaves one man unconscious Two people sustained minor injuries in Frankston last night, after being pulled from their burning car by police. The driver, Darren Brown, lost control of the vehicle after four men threw objects at the passing car, in what appears to be a random attack. Mr Brown, 25, was knocked [...]

Week 4 – Media Release Exercise

Here’s a go at producing ‘hard news’: Ineffective GM food labeling laws are under attack in a damning report released by Choice consumer advocates this week. According to Choice, many Australian consumers are still buying GM products at their local supermarkets without knowing it.  Choice reports that numerous foods containing genetically modified ingredients are sold [...]

Week 3 – Ahh -story ideas…

Our brief is to come up with three short news story ideas that will be of public interest, and we need to provide at least two potential interviewees for the research of this article. First idea: Disappearing public amenities: public phone booths, water fountains When I arrived in this country again after being away a [...]

Week Two : Williams & McKenzie

A friend of mine was telling me that a journalist job is to scrutinize the halls of power in a community and bring them to task for any indiscretions.  That was her version of the role of the fourth estate.  Both of these articles performed this function.  Paige Williams in a thoroughly well-researched article brought [...]

Week One : Niall Lucy

Lucy’s article – deconstruction of images/text; what is journalism/journalist role; exposing perceived hypocrosy Does anyone think that the news we read and hear is unmediated?  It’s tempting to imagine we can just lay back and absorb the text and imagery without question.  Sitting back, thinking that this way we’ll receive the ‘Truth’ of events on [...]