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Young journalists, self-censorship & other notes

By Julie Starr | Published: June 10, 2010
A few weeks back I attended an International Media Conference in Hong Kong along with hundreds of journalists from a staggering array of Asia-Pacific countries including Myanmar, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, China, US, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Singapore and Nepal. I travelled to the conference with financial support from the Asia NZ Foundation, which aims to [...]
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JEANZ, penguins and keeping it simple

By Julie Starr | Published: December 22, 2008
The prize for most enjoyable PowerPoint at the recent JEANZ (journalism educators of NZ) conference has to go to Susan Boyd-Bell, who demonstrated the value of keeping it simple and letting a few well-chosen quotes tell a story. The quotes come from students Susan interviewed as part of her research into the value of experiential learning, specifically on AUT's terrific student newspaper project Te Waha Nui.
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RSS is great – if you speak English

By Julie Starr | Published: May 19, 2008
I got a bit of a reality check at the GIMD journalism conference I attended recently, in several ways. The conference was held in Bali and its scope included ethics, minorities and reporting in conflict zones. I spoke, briefly, about how the internet is profoundly changing the delivery of news, how people find and keep up to date with news, who gathers news and how.
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