Australian Policy Online (www.apo.org.au)
Writing and research projects
Please contact Lisa if you are interested in any of the following
Australian Policy Online is an open access online public policy research gateway managed at Swinburne University at the Institute for Social Research. The site is heavily used by a subscriber base of over 8000 readers including researchers, bureaucrats, NGOs, professionals and the media and is a unique resource for the dissemination of public policy in Australia.
Project 1 We invite media students interested in policy research in any of the following areas to write introductory pages listing key policy documents and a broad context for researchers to approach the APO topic areas. We anticipate each introductory page would be around 1000 words and would take the form of a wiki or another kind of evolving document that other researchers could edit as new policy is developed. The APO topic areas are:
• Ageing
• Asia and the pacific
• Citizenship and the law
• Disability
• Economics and trade
• Education
• Employment and workplace relations
• Environment
• Families and households
• Foreign policy and defence
• Gender and sexuality
• Health
• Housing
• Immigration and refugees
• Income, poverty and wealth
• Indigenous issues
• Media, communications and cultural policy
• Politics and government
• Population, multiculturalism and ethnicity
• Religion and faith
• Rural and regional
• Science and technology
• Social policy
• Urban and regional planning
• Youth
Project 2 A possible project for journalism students would be to propose, research and write articles for APO’s Comment and Analysis column. Suitable high-standard opinion pieces would be published on APO subject to editorial consideration.
Creative Economy (www.creative.org.au)
Website research project
Creative Economy is a gateway to research and commentary on developments in national and international creative industries and their cultural and social impact. The site is hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) and managed at Swinburne University at the Institute for Social Research. The site draws on the resources of CCI, Australian Policy Online, and research reports and opinion pieces from industry groups, consultants and other Australian and international media and research organisations.
Currently we are looking to expand our sources of Australian content in the areas of:
• Arts, Music, and Design
• Broadcasting
• Business Development
• Cultural Institutions
• Digital Media
• Education
• Games
• Open Systems
• Law and Policy
• Print and Publishing
• Screen Industries
• Telecommunications
• Workforce Skills and Training
The project would entail web based research into Australian media and arts organizations and adding these to our database. It would also involve uploading suitable material to the Creative Economy website.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation – CCI (www.cci.edu.au)
Website editing project
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation – CCI was established in July 2005 and involves researchers and collaborators from Queensland University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australasian CRC for Interaction Design, Australian Film Television and Radio School, Australian National University, Charles Darwin University, Edith Cowan University & University of Wollongong.
The Centre has an ambitious research agenda organised around three themes:
Creative Innovation: Content, IT, Design, BPM, Enterprise
Innovation Policy: Innovation Policy, Law, Economics
Creative Human Capital: Industry, Education, Workforce, Consumers
The CCI website was redesigned in 2008 and content is still being imported to the new site. The work placement project would involve sourcing material from the old CCI website and from the individual repositories of the CCI researchers, converting it to a suitable format and uploading it to the new CCI site. Training in using Drupal, the site’s content management system, would be one of the benefits of this placement.
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Sports Without Borders Journalists
Budding volunteer journalists needed to write up to date stories for the Sports Without Borders website. This is a great way to start building a portfolio – and fun too! Contact Lisa asap if you are interested.
From: “Simon Moss” <s.moss@theoaktree.org> 5/5/2008 7:05 PM
The Oaktree Foundation, Australia’s first entirely youth-run aid and development agency, is currently looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to take on the role of Future Fund Marketing Assistant.
I thought that this opportunity would be of interest to your students, and it would be greatly appreciated if you could forward onto them.
The Oaktree Future Fund is an endowment fund, being established to support the work of the Oaktree Foundation’s empowerment of young people Australia to support of education projects in the developing world. The Future Fund Marketing Assistant will work in partnership with the Future Fund Marketing
Manager to develop and implement marketing strategies that will ensure the success of the Oaktree Future Fund.
A position description is available from
http://www.theoaktree.org/CmsUserFiles/Future%20Fund%20Marketing%20Assistant.pdf
Applications close 5pm, Monday May 19. Further details on the application process are available on the position description.
s.moss@theoaktree.org
www.theoaktree.org
‘Young People. Learning through Partnership.’
FILMMAKER/PRODUCER
Applications Close: Friday, April 11, 2008
Employer/Organisation: CITY OF CASEY
Web Site: www.casey.vic.gov.au
Location: Australia – Victoria – Narre Warren
Salary: $8000
CASEY DIGITAL HISTORIES
The City of Casey is seeking to engage a filmmaker/producer to produce a community based digital film project, to be completed in July 2008.
The Casey Digital Histories project will be a collection of real-life stories, as told by a group of Casey’s elderly residents, and recorded on digital video.
The project will be funded by the City of Casey, and will involve a group of aged residents from within the Casey community. As an archive of oral histories, the project aims to capture a glimpse of the life experiences, memories and reflections of a diverse group of residents.
The filmmaker will work closely with the participants and assist them in the storytelling process, and will facilitate writing/direction/production of the finished short digital films.
Filmmakers with an interest in community based projects and experience in writing and directing documentary (particularly biographical/interviewing), and producing digital video are invited to contact the City of Casey now.
To register your interest, or for more information about this opportunity including budget and timelines, please contact the Arts Officer, Erin Marczyk by Friday, 11 April 2008.
Ph: 9705 5138
email: emarczyk@casey.vic.gov.au
An Expression of Interest and CV can be forwarded by email or by post to:
Erin Marczyk
Arts Officer
City of Casey
PO Box 1000
Narre Warren VIC 3805
Radio Journalists
Applications Close: Friday, April 11, 2008
Employer/Organisation: SBS
Web Site: www.sbs.com.au/jobs
Location: Australia – National – Sydney and Melbourne
News and Current Affairs Radio Journalists
2 Year Contract
SBS News & Current Affairs is seeking radio journalists for the Melbourne and Sydney newsrooms. You will be an experienced radio journalist with strong writing, sub-editing and news reading skills. You will have a good understanding of Australian issues and institutions, and a broad general knowledge.
For further information about this position please contact the Executive Producer of Radio News, Lissa McMillan on (02) 9430 3606.
The Selection Criteria and Duty Statement can be found via the following link http://www.sbs.com.au/jobs/
Please include a short recording of a recent news bulletin or a brief voice recording (MP3 format is preferred).
Applications must address the Selection Criteria and should be received by the Recruitment Officer, SBS, Locked Bag 028, Crows Nest, 1585 or email by 11 April 2008.
Tenant Liaison Co-ordinator
Applications Close: Monday, April 14, 2008
Employer/Organisation: Abbotsford Convent Foundation
Web Site: www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au
Location: Australia – Victoria – Melbourne – Abbotsford
The Abbotsford Convent Foundation is seeking a Tenant Liaison Co-ordinator. The role will essentialy link the ever-growing tenant commmunity with the Foundation’s office team and manage communications and facilitation processs between the two groups.
The majority of tenants are arts based and range from individual practitioners through to large enterprises. A passion for making things happen, an understanding of multi-arts processes and exceptional communication skills are required. The role also requires the capacity to work flexible hours.
For a copy of the position description and application details; please go to http://www.abbotsfordconvent.com.au/news
Website Designer/Director
Applications Close: Friday, April 11, 2008
Employer/Organisation: Q & A with M & K
Location: Australia – Victoria – Melbourne
Salary: Volunteer
An exciting brand-new proposed TV show coming to Channel 31 is looking for a website designer/director. We are looking for a motivated, hard-working individual who has some spare time and would like the opportunity to work on this fantastic, new show.
Q & A with M & K is a panel discussion-talk show that explores lifestyle, relationship and other contemporary issues relevant to teenagers and young adults in a rapidly developing and increasingly isolating society. The hosts, Kirk Samuel Goodsell and Melanie Dimmitt, will introduce topics (via emails, letters and SMS’s sent in by young people), share personal stories and facilitate panel discussions with experts, personalities and young people. The show, reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, differs in the fact that the target is a younger audience and therefore employs entertaining elements including contemporary visual effects, interactive web-based components, vox pops, as well as hosting a variety of special guests.
We are extremely happy and encourage both professional IT workers AND students to apply. A large part of this show is a learning progress for everyone on board so we would love to have people who are happy to learn and help us take this show into a successful first season. Our crew is a mix of newcomers and professionals so all are welcome to apply.
We are a hard-working and dedicated team but our primary aim is to have fun. Meetings with all production crew are fortnightly (usually Monday evening in the city); however, availabilities are flexible. Then different departments meet more regularly (eg. the marketing department meet on a weekly basis).
Please contact Kirk Samuel Goodsell with your interest on qawithmk@gmail.com or 0439 929 085.
Hoping to fill these roles ASAP.
Many thanks in advance and we look forward to hearing from you.
All the best, The Team at M & K
