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Tentative set reading list for this semester -...

Weeks 1 - Introduction - no readings. Weeks 2 and 3 – WHY IS POLITICAL JOURNALISM IMPORTANT? Bennett, W. Lance. “The Press, Power and Public Accountability”. In Stuart Allan (ed) The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism. London: Routledge. McNair, Brian. (2000) “Journalism and Democracy: The Debate.” In Journalism and Democracy: An Evaluation of the Political Public Sphere. London:...

Jan 19th

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#pomodorojerk part 2 - further instructions

First I will just say that my non-compulsory little writing experiment produced some fairly lulzy brain explosions on Twitter for some reason. Just let me emphasise that none of this is compulsory. Do it, don’t do it, no skin off my nose. It’s working for me, it seems to be working for some other people. That’s great. Some people will have been doing this for more than a week...

Jan 10th

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Forced Creativity? Why Daily Writing Works →

Here is a blog post relevant to #pomodorojerk

Jan 1st

Writing club #pomodorojerk - the rules

This is not a new year thing - I have been working on this basis for a little while - but I just thought today would be a good day to extend the invitation to a writing fellowship I am starting based largely on the ideas of Robert Boice with a hint of Pomodoro-type timer deadline nonsense. Boice’s work and research was mainly directed at academics, but the principles apply to anyone with a...

Jan 1st

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Nov 2nd

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Oct 24th

ERA rankings →

May 31st

Playing with politics →

May 28th

Sunrise to Sunset →

May 14th

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Pobjie and Sexenheimer - Gather Around Me →

May 12th

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Apr 16th

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Apr 16th

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Message from my other sister in Townsville on FB.

We are ok. Girls snored through the whole thing thank goodness, though it is still blowing quite hard out there. Just sent a video of the wind we still had about an hour ago. We are lucky 16% of Townsville that still have power. We have had about 30 minutes sleep so it is going to be a long day with two well rested children that want to go and play outside……

Feb 2nd

Message from my sister in Townsville on FB

Sorry I wasn’t quite with it when you called - managed to grab an hours sleep! Trees down here in Douglas, probably wont be going anywhere for a while. So happy the worst is over, still have 100km winds coming through though. Unsure of what’s happening up north. Happy happy happy to have dodged the worst.

Feb 2nd

North Queensland vs Far North Queensland: a...

A friend asked me on Twitter where the border between North and Far North Queensland is. People unfamiliar with the place use the two geographical descriptions quite loosely, which has never seemed important until this very moment. The thing is that it’s loose in local usage too, but there are some definite no-nos. The trouble is, North Queensland is sometimes used (even by locals) to...

Feb 1st

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Jan 31st

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Jan 29th

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Jan 16th

Jan 14th

#wonksforqld HERE IS THE DEAL

Time; Tuesday, January 25 at 6 PM Location: Canberra ClubLevel 1, 45 West Row Canberra City ACT 2601Canberra, Australia Fundraising Trivia night for Queensland flood victims. Harnessing the power of #ACTWonkDrinks HERE IS THE DEAL Nominate your team (Maximum of 4) and RSVP to Jason (email address below) with team name and members by Friday 21st Jan. Your team nomination fee is by donation...

Jan 12th

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Jan 10th

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Jan 10th

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Dec 22nd

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Dec 16th

Dec 8th

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Dec 7th

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Come work with us at UC - Assistant Professor in... →

Nov 28th

My latest in Crikey (Paywalled) →

Nov 15th

Call for papers – Underbelly: A Critical Reader. →

Nov 15th

Call For Papers - Underbelly: A Critical Reader →

Nov 14th

Me at The Drum on The Drum →

Nov 11th

Me at The Drum on The Drum. →

Nov 11th

Another reading post… →

Nov 10th

Nov 8th

dfg77 asked: Does this mean that your blog will update your tumblr, which will update your twitter? I hear that MailChimp lets you send a few thousand email updates a month, perhaps you can weave that in there somewhere too?

Is this even a question?

Hey, you, get off my lawn.

Nov 2nd

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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to popular demand (approx 3 emails) I am going to set my blog to autopost to Twitter, even though I am on a Twitter hiatus.The question is:

Nov 2nd

Some writing. →

Nov 1st

Beyond Parody →

Oct 27th

A good start →

Oct 27th