2008 MediaPass Student Industry Days

Adelaide ♦ Melbourne ♦ Sydney ♦  Brisbane ♦ Perth

 Your opportunity to

• meet journalists and editors! Get connected, find your future boss
• know the do’s and don’ts of applying for jobs and getting ahead

When & where

• Adelaide: August 14, Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library of South Australia, 10:30am –3:30p
• Melbourne: August 21, Horti Hall, 10:30am – 3:30pm
• Sydney: August 28, Redfern Town Hall, 10:30am – 3:30pm
• Perth: September 10,  venue TBC , 10:30am – 3:30pm
• Brisbane: September 18, MetroArts, 10:30am – 3:30pm

Speakers will include

• Young cadets, who know what it’s like to look for work after graduating
• Employers, who will discuss what they look for in new recruits
• Freelancers, photographers and others who work beyond the obvious career paths

Free for final year journalism/media students

Registration essential

RSVP to Fleur or Clare at students@alliance.org.au or 1300 65 65 12

Hosts

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance

www.alliance.org.au   

The Walkley Foundation for Journalism

www.walkleys.com

Sponsors

MEDIA Super

www.just.com.au

Network Ten

www.ten.com.au

MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year

Entries are now open for the 2008 MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year Award (previously JUST Super).

Open to all tertiary students studying journalism, communications and media-related degrees who have not previously worked full-time in the media, the MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year Award recognises student journalism across print, radio, television and online. Find out all the details by downloading the entry form HERE.

Past winners

Over 90 entries were received last year, which were judged by: Walkley Award-Winning ABC journalist Steve Cannane, The Sydney Morning Herald’s opinion page editor, Lisa Pryor, and The Daily Telegraph’s police reporter, Rhett Watson. The Walkleys would like to thank these judges for donating their time and expertise to the awards.

The 2007 JUST Super Student Journalist of the Year:

• Paula Hedemann, “When the Bell Tolls”, Queensland University of Technology

The winning piece was a print entry dealing with the dieback of eucalyptus trees associated with a Bellbird population explosion in the Brisbane Forest Park.

The 2007 finalists are:

• Jeff Donne, “The LaRouche Movement”, University of Tasmania
• Zoya Sheftalovich, “The Cost of Truth”, University of Technology, Sydney

Highly Commended:

• Sai Awn Tai, “Refugee Feature Article”, University of Technology, Sydney

For more information please visit: http://www.just.com.au/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=20.