Journalism

This page will be the gateway for a research report on Journalism in Australia. The report is has been created by Clare Peterson. This forms part of my final year coursework for Media Industries 1 at RMIT, Melbourne. I am a student in Communications (Media) and I decided to research the journalism industry, as a section of the media industry that I have not covered in this degree, but one which I was always interested in. I have focused primarily on Film and Television production and online media development thus far, but being a writer at heart I was interested in journalism as a possible career choice, in connection with the other multi-media pursuits of mine.

I heard once that “there are two people in the world, journalists and those who want to be journalists” (Chris Warren, Federal Secretary, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance) so I decided to find out more about how I could become a journalist once I graduate. I researched the below topics through online research and through conducting interviews with some prominent industry heads and journalists in today’s media. There are over 50 blogs posted on this site, which have links to interviewee’s information, interview summaries, journalism types, links to research on the media industry and commentary I discovered throughout this process. To see a mini presentation of this report, please go to: Journalism in Australia_A presentation

The topics addressed in this report are:

• How to a make money as a Journalist
• The different types of Journalism
• Current and Future Trends in Journalism part 1, part 2 and part 3
  
• Social Media: its uses and implications
• Tips and Tricks for becoming a Journalist
• Complete interview summaries and case studies of interviewees
• and References can be seen here.
  

So read your way through the Final Report and discover where journalism in Australia is at, where it is going and how you can navigate through this changing landscape and make it happen for you!