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Telling Tales – Stories from Women In Media
I have been invited by Women In Media Victoria to speak at a storytelling event in February. I have five minutes to tell a story about my work as a journalist. This should be interesting. There will be four other female journalists speaking as well. I think I may be the first person up. DATE: Feb 11 TIME: 6 – 9 PM VENUE: The Metropolitan Hotel, Melbourne BOOK HERE: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=460597 PRICE: Students: $10; Full: $15
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The Court Hotel, cowboys, complaints and the social media cover up
NOTE: The names of those who commented are blacked out in each screenshot for their privacy. It started with an event that the Court Hotel, a well known GLBTIQ venue here in Perth, Australia, wanted to hold. It was a Wild West themed event with a lot of mentions of “Cowboys and Indians” which is inappropriate and racist towards those with Native American heritage. You can see the Google cached version of the Court Hotel’s website’s event prior to any changes here (let me know if it has disappeared) and here is the original image and the screenshot of the text. The Court Hotel promoted the event via Twitter, their…
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6 May 2013: MediaPass Student Industry Day
Apparently I am “amazing”. So amazing in fact that the Walkley team have asked me to be part of the Young Journalists Panel this year at the MediaPass Student Industry Day. Where: State Library of WA, Perth When: 6 May 2013 – 9 am onwards Who else will be there? Colleen Egan is the keynote speaker for a start and Patrick Horneman will be there as well. Who can attend: Anyone who is a journalism or communications student at undergraduate/postgraduate level. How: Sign up here. Cost: FREE. What will I be speaking on? My experiences as a freelancer and why I got into it and how and then answering questions.…
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Learn How To Market Your Business
Do you still have the first set of 500 business cards that you had printed when you first started? Do you not have a steady stream of work coming in? Are you trying to diversify but not getting the chance? Then you need this workshop. Renee Otmar has been awarded the honorary title of Distinguished Editor by the Institute of Professional Editors. She has worked for nearly 20 years as an experienced and successful editor and she attributes her success to her marketing tactics. Now thanks to the Society of Editors (WA) Inc. you can benefit from her knowledge and her tactics when you attend the full day workshop on…
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Upcoming Event: Meet P.J. O'Rourke In Perth.
See poster above for details and click the poster to register for the event. I am not a P. J. O’Rourke fan but I figured I would let you know it was happening in case any of you were. Go see him if you are a fan of his writing. Cheers, Marisa.
