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Our 2009 short course schedule is now available.
Full details can be viewed via our 2009 course schedule.
In-house training can be provided, with courses tailored to meet individual needs. Major clients include the ABC, Fairfax, Australian Consolidated Press and Reed Business.
For information or advice on our courses or to register your interest for 2009 please contact Tameera Kemp on 9514 2488 or email acij@uts.edu.au.
Sacred Waters wins a 2008 Premier History Award
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The ACIJ's most recent publication Sacred Waters: The Story of the Blue Mountains Gully Traditional Owners has won a 2008 Premier's History award. |
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ACIJ and the Sydney Catchment Authority supported the publication of Sacred Waters. Sacred Waters can be ordered and posted to you. It is also available from good bookshops, nationally.
Three top journalism students have won the prestigious Global Environmental Journalism Initiative (GEJI).
These were awarded for the first time this year to three second year UTS journalism students to study in Europe next year to prepare future journalists to better report on increasingly relevant global environmental issues, such as climate change. GEJI was established in 2008 by four Australian and five European universities, including UTS. All are leaders in journalism education in their respective countries.
The three GEJI scholars are Gemma Black, Lauren Day and Sophie Tarr. Gemma will study at the Danish School of Media and Journalism and Lauren and Sophie will be studying at Helsinki University. The students were chosen by a panel of UTS journalism lecturers for their dedication to both reporting and environmental issues. "Finding the truth and informing the public is my form of activism and though it may seem idealistic, I do believe journalism has the potential to change the future," says Lauren Day, one of the students selected to study in Helsinki next semester. "Journalism plays such a crucial role in engaging the public and in making people aware of environmental issues; if we want to shape future behaviour and attitudes then I think journalism is one of the best tools available to us," says Sophie Tarr, who will be studying in Helsinki alongside Lauren. "The consequences of getting it wrong on this are so dire that journalistic integrity when it comes to environmental reporting is perhaps more important than ever," says Gemma Black, who will be attending the Danish School of Journalism.
GEJI will include funded exchange for 12 UTS journalism students over a three year period. Other participating Australian universities include Monash and Murdoch University and the University of Tasmania. In Europe, the Danish School of Media & Journalism, London's City University, and Helsinki University Finland with Sámi University College, Kautokeino, Norway will also be taking part, along with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece.
The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism is involved in GEJI and hosts information on it on the acij website. For more information about the initiative and the funding it attracts, see GEJI.
Political blogging and digital technology's impact on television war reporting - Pacific Journalism Review
Freelancer John Martinkus on assignment for
SBS Dateline in Kunar province,
Afghanistan, 2005
Image of Sean Hobbs - Photojournalist &
ACIJ Advisory Board Member
Launched by former Australian Centre for Independent Journalism director Chris Nash at the Public Right To Know (PR2K) conference in October 2008, the October edition of the Pacific Journalism Review features several articles analysing the run-up to last year's Australian federal election that swept Kevin Rudd's Labor Party into power in Canberra while Helen Clark's Labour-led government in New Zealand is struggling for survival with an election due on November 8. Read more ...
2008 ACIJ Seminars
Throughout the year, ACIJ will host forums and seminars to promote discussion and debate on issues surrounding journalism, media and the public right to know. These forums are open to students, people from industry, academics and the public. Join our email mailing list to be advised about these events.
Information about seminars hosted by the ACIJ over the last two years is available at News.
Firepower story wins 2008 George Munster Prize for Independent Journalism
Gerard Ryle and Jacquelin Magnay have won the prestigious George Munster Award for their coverage in The Sydney Morning Herald of one of the biggest swindles in Australian corporate, sporting and political history, the 'Firepower' scandal. Read more ...
Sydney Writers' Festival - reporting on conflict and suffering - Tony Maniaty
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ACIJ was at the recent Sydney Writers' Festival, moderating sessions on conflict and suffering and one on the power of the Op-Ed pages. For Tony Maniaty's report, read on ... |
Reportage - covering local and international stories
Reportage has a new look so refresh your link today.
Leading articles include By-Election drubbing may not be final straw for NSW Labor by Christopher Paver, Investigative Journalism: Facing a Drought? the ACIJ George Munster forum highlighted the challenges facing investigative journalism - but also called for more innovative approaches to ensure the medium survives in a media climate where the Internet dominated (Fergus Grieve) and Public Sex on the Increase due to Sydney's Rental Crisis - people in Sydney are being forced to have sex in public spaces due to student overcrowding. Theresa Tram Nguyen, Elice Dalley and Paddy Cannon report on the latest effect of the rental crisis.
