Son of Sam Likely wins “best and fairest”

Trev Likely, player for the Unseen University Academicals football team, was presented the Best and Fairest award at the club’s awards night this evening.

Popular Cinema – Final Essay

How can the style and content of Hollywood popular films be related to the cultural and economic/industrial context of their origin?

Since its beginnings, Hollywood cinema has served to satisfy an audience hungry for entertainment by portraying society’s greatest passions, sex and violence, with repetition and variation. 

Senator seen entering brothel

A member for Ankh-Morpork was seen entering a brothel and later driving drunk last night. There are suspicions that the same man was arrested is currently on bail until his court hearing next week.

“Show don’t tell” – Features and Storytelling Exercise

“The man was ashamed of his poverty, but dressed to impress.”

The hall was filled with chattering folk sipping champagne served by wandering butlers. The ladies were nothing short of glamorous in their soft satin gloves and silk dresses which glided across the marble floor. 

“The Insults of Age” – Features and Storytelling Analysis

Features and Storytelling Assignment 1: Critical Reflection

“The Insults of Age”, by Helen Garner

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If we’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be a member of society as an elderly woman, Helen Garner’s “The Insults of Age” gives us a pretty good idea. In this expository piece, Garner constructs a unique experience for the reader by describing what she has been through as a 71-year-old woman.

Journalism Ethics, Law and Power – Final Reflection

 

The majority of this subject was a how-not-to-get-in-trouble-as-a-journalist 101 lesson. While continuing to engage in the public sphere on G+ and Twitter over contemporary issues, we also learned how to report on a court case and on government issues without being charged for contempt or defamation. Although it was tedious at times, it was crucial all the same – no pain, no gain.

Humans are friends, not food

Their venom not only has medicinal potential, but the engineering masterpieces and predatory genius of spiders is something that should not go unadmired.

When you see a full-grown huntsman chilling on your wall, I can bet that you immediately adopt the mentality of a Dalek as one thought rushes to the forefront of your mind: Exterminate!

Political Reportage Reflection (JELP Assignment 2)

St Kilda story reflection:

It was to my surprise that I learned political reporting in journalism does not necessarily mean reporting on politics or on something like the PM’s speech at a UN conference.

St Kilda’s Acland Street closed for new plans

October 10 2016

St Kilda’s famous Acland Street has closed to allow for a new pedestrian shopping mall and a disabled-access tram stop. Works are expected to be complete by the end of October this year.