2010 MediaPass Student Industry Days

Adelaide ♦ Melbourne ♦ Sydney ♦ Brisbane ♦ Perth ♦ Canberra

So you’ve almost got your media degree… but then what?

Get the inside scoop on how to apply for jobs and kick start your media career.

This is your chance to make real contacts, meet successful recent graduates, top journalists and editors across all forms of media.

Find out what employers are looking for and pick up useful tips about applying for jobs in the industry.

When & where (all dates are provisional and subject to change)

• Sydney: Thursday May 6, Redfern Town Hall

• Melbourne: Thursday May 13, Trades Hall
  
• Canberra: TBC

• Perth: Thursday April 22, Art Gallery WA Theatrette
  

• Brisbane: Thursday May 20, MetroArts
  
• Adelaide: Thursday August 12, Hetzel Theatre, State Library of South Australia

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 path
• Workshops - new!
  

Best of all it’s FREE, including one year's free Media Alliance membership to all final year media students that attend.

Registration essential

RSVP to Alison Larsen: 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.mediasuper.com.au

Network Ten - www.ten.com.au

Internships at the Walkleys & International Federation of Journalists

Kickstart your career in journalism!

We are now accepting applications for 2010

Internships at the Walkleys & the IFJ will launch you onto the centre stage of Asia-Pacific journalism. If you're a motivated, intelligent and articulate communications student, we want you!

Apply today, for more information download our flyer

Media Super Student Journalist of the Year

Create your own big break by entering the MEDIA Super Student Journalist of the Year competition in 2010!

If you are studying Journalism, Communications or Media, this is your chance to showcase your talent and receive recognition for your work.

APPLY NOW, ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY MAY 3

Download the 2010 flyer

Download the 2010 entry form

2009 winner announced!

The 2009 Media Super Student Journalist of the Year is:

• Nic Christensen, “The Chinese Businessman Bankrolling Australian Politics”, University of Technology, Sydney

Nic’s story stood out not only for the months of research he put into it, but also because it became a national story that made it to the pages The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. To uncover the story Nic spent four months investigating Australia’s foreign-based political donation system and key donor, Dr Chau Chak Wing. The judges said the piece was “A considered and impressive effort.”

The 2009 finalists are:

• Gabrielle Young of Curtin University, “Mandatory Sentencing”

• Michelle Wilding of the University of Western Sydney, “Parents Liable for Drop in Childcare Escape”

For more information about the entries download the release here.

Media Super and the Walkley Foundation would like to extend their congratulations to these promising young journalists on their fantastic achievement.

All students were encouraged to enter an example of their best work, and the resulting strong field of almost 100 entries was judged by a panel of journalists. They were: Don Lange, NSW news editor for ABC; mX editor Melissa Stevens; and Yaara Bou Melhem, videojournalist for SBS Television and the Walkleys’ 2009 Young Australian Television Journalist of the Year. The Walkleys would like to thank these judges for donating their time and expertise to the awards.

For more information about the award contact Alison Larsen at the Walkley Foundation on 1300 656 512 or email students@alliance.org.au