Category: Journalism
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JRNL 102 – What’s Hidden?
19 year old netball player Casey Reynolds has been playing the sport for as long as she can remember, the former NSW representative has also suffered her fair share of injuries but none of them could be as poorly timed as her fractured finger that she suffered shortly after her annual netball season resumed following…
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JRNL 102 – A Reflection
When completing my JRNL 102 assignment I interviewed 19 year old netball player Casey Reynolds taking a look at the underlying effects a fractured finger has had on her netball career and life as a whole. Prior to doing my interview or even taking photos I started to watch a few examples from previous years…
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The COVID Social Media Struggle.
Social media is one of the most prominent occupiers of time (and thoughts) for this generation, so it is crucial to find a balance that does not hinder the mental state of the users, particularly the youth during a time where staying indoors is the new normal. With restrictions being lifted and cases of Coronavirus…
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“We’ve got work to do.”, Grassroots footy training is back, and the Road to Normality has begun.
Following a lengthy hiatus, grassroots rugby league has returned to many communities as part of NSWRL and the NSW Government’s Return to Sport Framework. Once local clubs showed compliance to NSWRL’s COVID-19 regulations they were able to commence training without any deliberate body contact or sharing of sporting equipment. These activities won’t be permitted until…
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BREAKING: Grassroot Rugby League to Resume Next Month.
As announced by NSWRL, community football will be returning to action as soon as July 18. These decisions were made based on advice given by the government as well as health authorities earlier this month. The decision means that local competitions ranging from the under 18 age groups and below will be able to resume…
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The False News of COVID-19
There have been two outbreaks this year, COVID-19 & false news. Social Media being used as a means to spread false information is a growing issue across all platforms. In today’s society, Instagram in particular has the ability to create movements, organise events for thousands of people and even be used to create leverage against…
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Crowdsourcing in Journalism
By Joseph Sahyoun, Abbey Philpott, Ashleigh Mcalpine & Georgia Evans What is it? Crowdsourcing is when a journalist gathers information from a specifically chosen large group of people by asking members of the general public for input into a story. This outsourcing of information means that journalists often uncover new unknown evidence and information as…
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The Way Tweets Travel
JRNL 103 – Task 1 One of the many wonders of social media is the way that it lets word to spread & conversation grow. Websites and apps such as Instagram and Twitter allow chatter to develop from a singular tweet or post into threads upon threads or expand into trending hashtags that are used…
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interviews w/ a few journalists
as part of my first ever research task for journalism 101 i was instructed to find a journalist to interview to both get a feel for the industry and create a potentially useful future contact. This led me on an unnecessarily complicated quest to get in touch with the most high profile journalists I could…
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