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Shorthand Speed Development with Terree Gower
$495 Full fee $330 concession
By attending this course, current shorthand speeds can increase by 30 words per minute or more. Extensive practice will be offered on various materials such as business, company-related, journalism based, political and general interest. Advanced groupings, speed outlines and advanced theory principles will also be covered. Participants will have the opportunity to attempt speed tests with 98% accuracy from 60 standard per minute upwards under the AS2907 during the course.
1 May to 3 July - 6pm to 9pm over 10 consecutive Thursday evenings
Magazine Feature Writing with Louise Williams - places limited to 12
$1,050 Full fee $800 concession
Quality feature writing combines journalism best practice with creative writing. This course is a step-by-step guide to researching, interviewing and writing techniques, which will assist students in structuring and presenting factual information within a compelling, creative writing format. Students will learn how to develop story leads, introduce description and personality to their work, how to identify clear themes from multiple information sources and how to structure, edit and polish their finished product.
29 May to 3 July - 6pm to 9pm over six consecutive Thursday evenings
Photojournalism Essentials with Moshe Rosenzveig - places limited to 12
$1,050 Full fee $800 concession
The aim of this course is to give the essentials on what photojournalism is about and how it fits into the media landscape, social conscience and personal storytelling. It will cover pre and post-production, producing a story, how to use the camera, Photoshop and how to tell stories with pictures. At the end of the course participants will have an individual professional booklet completed.
6, 13, 20, 27 May, 3 (lab), 10, 17 June - 7 consecutive Tue evenings from 6 to 9pmPlease view our course schedule information on all our courses for 2008.
A 10% discount is available for ACIJ members and/or three or more people from the one organisation who attend the same course.
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 2008 please contact Tameera Kemp on 9514 2488 or email acij@uts.edu.au.
Introducing the new Director of the ACIJ
With Chris Nash's recent departure from UTS to take up the Professor of Journalism in Monash University, it is with pleasure that we announce the appointment of Tony Maniaty to the position of Director of the ACIJ.
Tony comes to the ACIJ and UTS after a long career as a broadcast journalist, author and media lecturer specialising in TV journalism and international affairs. He reported the East Timor conflict in 1975, was SBS European Correspondent in 1991-92, and in 1996 became Executive Producer of the ABC's nightly current affairs program, The 7.30 Report. He was also head of Policy and Program Development for ABC News and Current Affairs, and Communications Manager for the Australia Council. Tony's published works include Smyma, short-listed for the 1990 Miles Franklin Award,and The Power of Speech: 25 Years of the National Press Club. Tony has lectured at the University of Sydney and conducted workshops on risk reporting and foreign affairs reporting at the Danish School of Journalism. In 2008, he joined the UTS journalism program to lecture in television journalism. We welcome Tony's appointment to the position of Director ACIJ.
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.
'Electronic journalism on the path to peace with justice in Palestine' - Ali Abunimah
Ali Abunimah, Palestinian American journalist and Editor of the Middle East website Electronic Intifada, will be speaking at a public forum at UTS on 13 May. Electronic Intifada is a Palestinian portal for information on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its depiction in the media. Ali is also the author of 'One Country: A Bold Proposal to end the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse' (2006).
Date: 13 May
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: UTS Building 2, 1-15 Broadway, Level 4 (entrance level), Room 2.4.10
All welcome - register your attendance to jan.mcclelland@uts.edu.au
This event is hosted by the UTS Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and the Centre for Transforming Cultures.
Ali's visit to Australia is sponsored by the Sydney based Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine.
Mark Deuze speaks on 'Media Work' - what's it like to work in the media today - Wednesday 2 July
Author and academic, Mark Deuze, is visiting Sydney and is speaking at two events only; here at UTS and at the ABC.
Come and hear him talk on the working lives of media professionals in this era of cultural and technological convergence.
Venue: UTS, Building 2, 15 Broadway, Level 4 (entrance level), Room 11 (2.4.11)
Time: 6pm
This event is free and open to the public.
More information? contact Jan McClelland or ring on 2 9514 2295.
Sydney Writers' Festival - links with ACIJ
Tony Maniaty, the Director of the ACIJ, is facilitating two sessions of the Sydney Writers' Festival and Leigh Sales, the current winner of the George Munster Prize for Independent Journalism, is also speaking at the Festival.
'Jon Lee Anderson and Andrew Bacevich in Conversation' with Tony Maniaty - Saturday 24 May, 2-3pm
New Yorker correspondent John Lee Anderson witnessed firsthand the fall of Saddam Hussein and the beginning of the uprising and has spent much time reporting from Iraq. Andrew Bacevich firmly believes that while the war might be off the front pages, Iraq is broken beyond repair and the US still owns it. They talk with Tony Maniaty, Director of the ACIJ, about why Iraq isn't over yet.
Venue: Pier 2/3, Downstairs, Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Time: 2 - 3 pm
Cost: $15/$10
Event: 236
Bookings: 9250 1988, www.sydneytheatre.org.au
Further information: See Sydney Writers Festival
Commentariat - Saturday 24 May, 5-6pm
What power do the Op-Ed pages have in the shaping of national and international policy? Is it naive to believe that the news pages still reflect factual information? And is a new wave of political bloggers challenging existing media pundits? If so, who are they, and which ones matter? Regular media commentators, David Rieff, James Reston Jr and John Gray discuss with Tony Maniaty.
Venue: Pier 2/3, Downstairs, Pier 2/3, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Time: 5 - 6 pm
Cost: $15/$10
Event: 256
Bookings: 9250 1988, www.sydneytheatre.org.au
More information: See Sydney Writers Festival
Leigh Sales, winner of the 2007 George Munster Prize for Independent Journalism, Foreign Correspondents - Saturday 24 May 11.30-12.30
The Walkley Non-Fiction Book Award recognises the growing contribution journalists are making to the field of literature. One of the popular themes for 2007 entries was foreign correspondence; join Leigh Sales, author of Detainee 002 and Kirsty Needham, author of Season in Red as they discuss their work with Carmen Lawrence.
Venue: Sydney Dance Company, Studio 1, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Time: 11.30-12.30pm
Cost: Free
Event: 216 Foreign Correspondents
More information: See Sydney Writers Festival
Online Reportage: covering local and international stories
Covering both local and international stories, Reportage is written by UTS journalism students and staff.
Bonny Symons-Brown investigates the results of the controversial AIDS prevention program in Africa that preaches abstinence, Charlotte Wheatley, Davide Crisante and Ben Hurley investigate the addictive influence of the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong in Sydney, Amy Perkins' TV piece on local farmers concerns about the Caroona Coal Project in NSW, Julie Shingleton's reports on the 2007 Public Right to Know conference and lots more. Read this edition at Reportage.
2007 Public Right To Know conference - papers for publication
Cross media strategies, audience targeting, political communication, media influence, journalism education, blogging and convergence plus the manipulation and control of information and the media were discussed at this year's Public Right To Know conference at UTS on 23-25 November. More information see Public Right To Know.
A public forum - Election 07: straws in the wind for the future of journalism?' - opened the conference with speakers: Mark Bahnisch, Sociologist, commentator, - 'Storming the barricades or intersecting conversations? Online politics, journalism and democracy', Rachel Hills, Associate Editor New Matilda, writer and online commentator on the election for the Sunday Age and Chris Nash, Associate Prof. & Director of the UTS: ACIJ - 'Playing possum: back to the future in the blogsphere'.
For details of the speakers and an abstract of their papers, see Speakers & Abstracts.
Papers from the conference can be submitted for publication to either the Asia-Pacific Media Educator Journal or to the Pacific Journalism Review. In both cases, the papers will go through the normal peer review process. Contact Jan McClelland for further details.
Hidden stories: in-depth reportage on largely untold stories
In a collaborative project with the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, NewMatilda.com and community organisations, UTS investigative journalism students have been reporting on stories that have not been able to make the news in Australia. The genesis for the 'Hidden Stories' project was the fact that too many issues of importance remain unreported in today's society.
Over the coming weeks, NewMatilda.com will be publishing the results of these investigations. Eligh McCallum's report of the deepening crisis in Darfur is the first of these hidden stories. Read more.
Sacred Waters: the story of the Blue Mountains Gully Traditional Owners
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The ACIJ's most recent publication is Sacred Waters: The Story of the Blue Mountains Gully Traditional Owners. Sacred Waters was launched in Sydney by Prof. Larissa Behrendt, Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning and the full transcript of her speech is available to read here. Written by Dianne Johnson in collaboration with the Aboriginal Gully people of Katoomba, Sacred Waters is a story of the Blue Mountains Aboriginal people. It follows the Gully people's ancestors' exodus from their traditional homelands of the Burragorang Valley and the Hawkesbury River. The flooding of the Burragorang Valley in the 1950s for the Warragamba Dam that provides Sydney's water supply, profoundly changed the lives of all involved. This book gives voice to and celebrates the Gully people's survival and ongoing struggle to protect their sacred lands. |
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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.
