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How to get started in journalism
While meandering through Facebook one day, I noticed that a younger friend of mine had tagged me in a status post. I clicked through to see what it was about and why he would feel the need to mention my name. It was the status of a friend of his, a young university student and he had offered my name in the comments on it as part of the advice he had offered to this student’s query. The query was this: Made another application but it doesn’t look like I’ll even get an interview how the fuck am I supposed to become a journalist if no one will hire me without…
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Events you should be attending during the holiday season in 2013
So want to go out with a bang this year in terms of networking? Why yes, you still can. You may have missed the most surreal night of the year at the WA Media Awards this year, but you can still make it to a few media events around town. [ezcol_1third] Christmas High Tea Society of Editors (WA) Inc 30 November, 2 pm The George Hotel, Perth Tickets: $48 Website: www.editorswa.com [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]Christmas Drinks MEAA WA Branch 9 December, 6.30 pm Hyde Park Hotel, North Perth Tickets: Free. Food provided but BYO[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]Freelancers’ Drinks MEAA WA Branch 11 December, 6.30 pm Hyde Park Hotel, North Perth Tickets: Free. Food provided…
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Cricket fever pitching rather feverishly low
It’s not quite the same thing. “Only 0.2% of Australians are watching.” – Australian cricket fan on Twitter. Mind you, this was prior to the India/Australia match. And I have no idea if the figure is right. But it struck me as odd. Those of you who know me have no doubt been giggling over the status updates I have been making over the past few days relating to cricket. Tidbits of information like the fact that the West Indies have won the Cricket World Cup twice. That it started off in 1979. That sort of thing. It’s not that the Australians don’t like cricket, they do. But for some reason,…
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Five reasons to charge a decent rate
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Perth Diary: 11/10/2009
Marisa Wikramanayake writes about what it means to be a member of the Media Entertaininment and Arts Alliance (the union for the media and publishing industries in Australia) for the 11th October 2009 edition of her weekly column Perth Diary. Perth Diary is published once a week in the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader and is reproduced online in full for free at The Sunday Leader's website and Marisa's website at http://www.marisa.com.au where you can find her other work as a freelance writer, journalist and editor.
