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Just some notes on an upcoming interview

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With the interview with Kerri Ritchie coming up in week 11, I just thought I’d post up some of the questions that my group thought of to ask her.

  1. How long have you been working for the ABC?
  2. What initially drew you to public broadcasting?
  3. What is a quality/value/affordance that ABC/public broadcasting has, that new media (social media etc) does not?
  4. What is the biggest way you feel the digital revolution has changed or affected public broadcasting?
  5. Do you think the new media could ever replaced public broadcasting?
  6. As a reporter, where does this shift towards online and user-generated content leave you?
  7. Do you think the changes new media imposes line-up with the values associated with the ABC and public broadcasting?
  8. Do you think new media can promote the values held by the ABC and public broadcasting in general?

Cheers to Hannah and Yolanda for brainstorming these up!

Group work in workshops

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In the past few workshops – and the workshops to come in the future, it seems that majority of our workshop is taken up by group work in relation to our project brief four. But time after time, I’m starting to see this as more of a hindrance than a benefit. Here’s why.

First of all, let me say that it has nothing to do with the people in my group.

It’s more of the fact that sometimes, our group has no reason to do ‘group work’. To provide some context – I’ve gathered that our group doesn’t do well with planning how we’re going to edit our video/audio essays without any footage in front of us. It seems like most of us – if not all of us, would prefer to record some footage, then work from that. So naturally, we planned a few dates ahead of time where we would all meet-up, and record some vox-pops and interviews. Continue reading →

My experience with a public broadcaster

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SYN - Player One

SYN – Player One

All this talk about media institutions has got me thinking about my own personal experiences with public broadcasters.

Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of work with SYN radio – which is a community radio station run by youth (specifically, 12-25 years old). I’m a regular host on Player One, which is one of SYN’s flagship shows that talks exclusively about games. Continue reading →

The affordances of public broadcasting

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The readings for week 10 has taught me some very interesting things.

The most important thing – at least for me, is the fact that social media isn’t taking over. For the longest time, I always thought that public broadcasters were gradually becoming irrelevant. Here’s a short list as to why that isn’t the case: Continue reading →