Friday Night Journo Fights – Sovereign People.mp4 from Media Factory on Vimeo. Pitching to the panel The News is a Joke: Week 7 The News is a Joke: Week 9 The News is a Joke: […]

Friday Night Journo Fights – Sovereign People.mp4 from Media Factory on Vimeo. 2) If you were going to continue to develop the work (have it screen somewhere like a festival or for broadcast), what would […]

This week we have been filming and editing. I put my hand up to film the field report because I wanted to go out to visit some of Boronia’s biggest and best landmarks. I thought […]

I enjoyed the class discussion on trolling because it is unavoidable on social media. I especially loved watching the Chaser clip because I remember watching them with my mum growing up. I think the Chaser […]

I feel very passionately about feminist and intersectional satire. I think that women typically have a feminist perspective because of our shared understanding of what it means to navigate the world as a woman. I […]

I was very excited to pitch our comedy news segment because I am interested in fringe Australian groups and grew up around people who are probably sovereign citizens. Even though I do not align myself […]

Comedy news pitch The News is a Joke: Week 4 The News is a Joke: Week 5 The News is a Joke: Week 6

This week I’m reflecting on Playful politicians and serious satirists: comedic and earnest interplay in Australian political discourse by Rebecca Higgie. Higgie references ‘sideshow syndrome’ which I don’t think is unique to Australia. I think […]

This week I’m focusing on the reading The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism by Geoffrey Baym. I think discursive integration sits somewhere between fake news and traditional journalism that effectively […]

The class discussion about South Park and The Simpsons were interesting because I think they are a good starting point when learning about satire. As a child I knew The Simpsons mocked stuff, but I […]