PunchyP's election coverage...I give up - ideas for next time #ausvotes #politics #JayRosen

Jay Rosen's latest blog covers the idea of having a 'Citizens Agenda in Campaign Coverage' and something that could take the frustration of never having questions answered substantially on our only hope #qanda (Q&A, ABC). Have a read and see what you think yourselves, I feel it is something we should work towards for the next election (with whatever happens on Saturday, it will certainly be time for a change by then and having an intelligent and meaningful campaign could lead to having intelligent, compassionate and informed political contenders?) Let's hope.

As Jay suggests, community consultation to decide on what the campaign's focus is a very good start and a voting system of whether the questions posed to the potential leaders were actually answered would be fantastic. This would also avoid the current situation where racist and defamatory political slogans such as "we'll stop the boats" become a focus for voters and politicians alike. And not many people seem to notice that this contradicts our international and humanitarian obligations to the UN Treaty we signed in 1973, yet it is broadcast across TV ads, no journalists have raised its seriousness (in relation to racism and our UN agreements) and yet the politicians themselves choose these random non-issues to create fear in our society and distract from the fact they have no real policies in the nation’s interests or credibility to even be running. Perhaps we can get it started for 3 years time and plan for a better future in politics, media and society in 2013!

Also this essay by Jay which discusses 'Journalism as Civic Leadership' should be considered an essential part of journalism and could be the way of the future in resolving Australia's current media meltdown.

 

 

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Why we all should blog and create an online presence

From my good friend Maria, I found this video on why we should all reflect, engage and of course blog!

 

MAKE MEDIA MATTER from MAKEMEDIAMATTER.COM on Vimeo.

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Notes on being a paid blogger from Jess McGuire

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Jess McGuire, Paid Blogger, Defamer LINK http://www.defamer.com.au

 

Info on how Jess started can be read in my blog post here: http://raws.adc.rmit.edu.au/~s3087922/blog/?p=153

Jess McGuire, is a blogger on  Defamer which is a pop culture blog. This was after she started her OzCulture blog she set up herself.  She started get attention by writing about ‘Big Brother’ when all of the production company from the show was reading it. When she was writing about the infamous ‘Turkey Slap’…and BB shut all their chat sites down so a lot of people went to her site to read about the incident. Since this she was offered a job writing blogs for Defamer and the benefits highlighted by Jess were the fact that she is paid per post, she can work from home and she has delayed publishing rights so she can write a post and have it published the next day and she gets bonuses for ‘hits’. Some other points that Jess made were:

•    Twitter is the only social networking site that works for her
• She gets hits because she sends out stuff all day that links back to her site, which she makes money from because she gets more hits and the advertisers pay her more
• She writes about ‘hot issues’ i.e. Kyle and JackeO / Master Chef etc which gets 6 million hits
• How does she write? She writes the way she thinks. She believes her first writing on the “archived crap on Oz Culture is bad”. She started by writing for 3 years solid every day and through this process she found her individual voice, which makes her writing attractive to employers

TIPS: write how you think and talk / this brings people back / if people like you or hate you – they will come back / practice writing / Mariek Hardy has been writing since she was 14 – she was never trained / and Jess says that maintaining a blog is the best training you can get – it creates a disciplined approach, summarizing clear, succinct thoughts / analyse media sites/news sites: find angle or funny spin on ‘current events’
• Jess’s gossip writing differs from Perez Hilton’s blog (/ http://perezhilton.com) who is the biggest blogger in the world and makes tons of money heckling people and outing people. However it is reported that Perez has at least one ghostwriter that helps out. Jess has a different voice and does not hurtfully gossip about people / her readers appreciate her piss taking without making derogatory commentary
• Copyright issues? (Money ends up coming from Murdoch) so have to be careful /have accounts with photo places / find pictures can use / can download thumbnails 150 x 150 pixels can use without copyright / if steal image: need to credit it and provide link? /
• Other considerations: Jess likes long titles that are funny / but you need short titles that attract people and make them click / you need RSS feeds / tags / and linking within your own blog – to previous blogs on the same or different subjects = more hits /you also need to link to referenced material /
• Diablo Cody’s (Juno/United States of Tara) blog is a good example and you can see where it can lead some people!

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Social Media and the implications involved for journalists

Social media practices and implications for journalists

View more presentations from theburgerman.

Here is an informative slide presentation I found via the Walkley magazine twitter page produced by John Bergin, Director of Digital News @ Sky News. It explores the implications of social media for media makers and in particular journalists, in the current light of consequences seen in prominent media personalities. This is relevant for this research project, as one of the many tips advised so far from leading media professinals is to have a 'strong online presence', but following from Catherine Deveny's situation, it is not any online presence and one in direct correlation to the "values" of the media organisation you work for or plan on working for in the future.

Research into being a mobile journalist 'mo-jo'.

Stephen Quinn's research book into being a mojo. Very intersting idea in relation to future trends in journaliam and the use of technology in transforming this media form. Also Stephen has a current project which is exploring the publication of a book online, as each chapter is being written. More information and analysis of these projects will be updated once the interview with Stephen is completed next week.

Editorial Independance in Australian Media?

http://media.crikey.com.au/dm/newsletter/dailymail_338e5500708fd371657d0f4b848ea6bd.html?source=cmailer#article_2040
"Beecher: ABC chairman gives editorial independence a kick in the groin"

Crikey publisher Eric Beecher writes:
ABC EDITORIAL POLICIES, MAURICE NEWMAN

Editorial independence is little more than a noble concept sitting on a shelf until it is put to the test.

Good piece to look at regarding Media control and editorial 'independance' being mandated by Media bosses or other controlling bodies.