An event especially for students. A camera and a sense of adventure have taken freelance photojournalist Andrew Quilty from Sydney to the global stage. He’s now based in Afghanistan, and his coverage of the conflict there has featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and TIME, and last year won him Australian journalism’s highest honour, the 2016 Gold Walkley. In this special event for students, Andrew will speak with Heather Faulkner about his photojournalism career. Over casual drinks they’ll discuss freelancing, social media’s role in the photographer’s kit, and show some of his favourite images.
This event is presented in partnership with Nikon Australia.
Journalists tell their best true stories, live on stage.
A night of wit, wisdom and spilled ink as great journalism leaps from the page to the stage. Hear tales of jungles, nuns, drugs, Afghanistan, race relations, backyard shenanigans, investigations, musicians, children’s choirs, fainting on live TV and face tattoos … plus a brilliant audience and a great party.
Contributors include Dan Box, Jo Chandler, Trent Dalton, Michelle Duff (NZ), Nakkiah Lui, William McInnes, Sarah McVeigh, Tonya Mosley (US), Andrew Quilty, Tracey Spicer.
Working solo brings freelancers great freedom – but as your own boss, great freedom comes with great responsibility. How can you apply your passions and skills to the stories that matter – both in your backyard and around the world?
Be Alfred, not Batman: Hyperlocal journalism that better serves diverse communities.
Daniel Seed, Stringer Press
Making it work as a freelancer
Michelle Duff, freelance journalist (NZ)
Media Moonshots! What the media can learn from some of the world's best innovators.
Kristofor Lawson, Moonshot podcast
How the news is harming Muslims: Exploring the problems with some Western news media coverage of Muslims, the effects of that coverage and what is being done to address it.
Jacqui Ewart, Griffith University/Reporting Islam
How the internet turned fake news into a real threat, and what the media can do about it.
Get your ticket to a full day of Storyology for Journalists or a full Brisbane pass
Gahhh! Fifty years of feminism, and newsrooms are still predominantly white and male, especially at the top. Is there hope? Our panel explore unconscious bias, what men can do, and how we can all help each other.
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Cross-posted from the Meetup page where you can sign up (It's free, though. And registration is not essential.)
This month's Hacks/Hackers is in collaboration with Storyology.
Our main guest for the night will be Irene Jay Liu who leads Google News Lab in the Asia-Pacific region. She develops partnerships and programs to promote newsroom innovation and use technology to enhance reporting and storytelling.
Rough schedule:
5:00pm Arrive / Socialise / Grab a drink
5:15pm Irene Jay Liu - Google News Lab
5:30pm TBA
5:45pm TBA
6:00pm Short break
6:10pm Open Discussion
7:00pm Close / Socialise
Hacks/Hackers is supported by a number of wonderful sponsors: Our presentation partner hub4101 provides event support and does a great job of promoting innovation, creativity and digital technology in the 4101 postcode.
We're very pleased to have sponsorship for this event from ThoughtWorks (who provide food and drink) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (who provide our venue).
If you have any other questions or suggestions for this event or to make 2017 a great year for Hacks/Hackers Brisbane, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
You can email us (simon@elvery.net or d.angus@uq.edu.au) or get in touch via Twitter (@hackshackersbne).
When you’re on the ground in an unknown land, how do you get your bearings and dig below the surface to discover how the locals live, and where the stories are? From instant images to book length reportage, we go behind the scenes with the intrepid storytellers who bring the world home to us.
This is a public talk — not just for journalists! Bring your friends and family.
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As more and more data is generated in the digital age and audiences are increasingly looking to journalists to interpret and identify the significance of trends and insights from data, it's imperative that journalists understand and grow their data literacy.
Join GA and The Walkley Foundation for an exclusive one-hour lunchtime masterclass on communicating with data to tell an engaging story.
Learn from a data visualisation expert on basic principles of data visualisation, best practice for choosing the right data visualisation and how to engage with and communicate data through a mix of written and visual content. You'll walk away with a better understanding of data analysis, a greater ability to identify the data you're looking for, how you can convey the right message from a data set and how to avoid overcomplicated or confusing infographics.
Forget what you think you know about fake news. Our neighbours in Asia have been dealing with fake news, lies and propaganda for years. More recently, the same technology and social media platforms that have enabled political participation and social change have become a battleground for “weaponised” internet warriors to spread misinformation. And sometimes the perpetrators are governments themselves. Our global panel will discuss how citizens, journalists and publishers are fighting back with fact-checking, verification, data-driven reporting and collaborations across borders.
THIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Fighting the fakes:
Presented by RMIT and the Walkley Foundation as part of Storyology
An entire verification ecosystem has sprung up to fight the problem of misinformation (y’know, “fake news”). From tech solutions to business models and strategies, hear from some of the superheroes focused on rebuilding trust in journalism and facts. Our panel, a veritable justice league for journalism, are fact-checkers, contextualisers, debunkers and educators employing an arsenal of new tech solutions and old-fashioned journalistic techniques. They’ll talk about how the media’s responsibilities to the public are changing now that everyone is a witness and it’s shockingly easy to fabricate facts.
This is a free event, but registration is essential. Register on Eventbrite
President Donald Trump’s obsession with “fake news” has America a-twitter with distrust for the fourth estate. But it’s also a boon for investigative journalists. Activists are agitating, minorities are calling to have their voices heard and the Black Lives Matter movement is picking up steam.
To discuss it all we welcome two talented American reporters. Tonya Mosley is public radio station KQED’s senior Silicon Valley reporter. She won an Emmy in 2016 for her televised piece “Beyond Ferguson”, and has built a curriculum for journalists to address implicit bias. Emmy-nominated investigative reporter and author Aaron Glantz has turned his attention to Trump after years covering the war in Iraq and the lives of returned veterans. Beyond the big questions such as whether the election was fixed, he’s been digging into the paper trail on Trump associates.
At this special event jointly hosted by the Walkley Foundation’s Storyology series and the Melbourne Press Club – Mosley and Glantz will discuss the challenges for the United States and its media, and how newsrooms can work smarter, dig deeper and rebuild trust in great journalism.
THIS IS A PARTNER EVENT HOSTED BY MELBOURNE PRESS CLUB - TO REGISTER BOOK TICKETS ON THE MELBOURNE PRESS CLUB SITE.
$48 for members and students – MEAA members are eligible for the member rate.
$68 for non-members
(Includes two courses and a drink)
All prices are GST inclusive
At this very special Edit event hear Andrew Quilty discuss his work as a freelance photographer in Afghanistan and how the tools of his trade are changing.
Bring your own questions and learn from a professional at the top of his craft.
This special Edit event is run in partnership with the Melbourne Press Club and with support from Nikon. The forum will be hosted by ABC reporter Stephanie Anderson.
Guest speaker:
A camera and a sense of adventure have taken freelance photojournalist
Andrew Quilty from Sydney to the global stage. He is now based in Afghanistan and his coverage of the country’s recovery from war has featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time and last year won him the Gold Walkley.
Date & Time:
Tuesday 29 August, 6:30 – 8pm (forum kicks off at 7pm)
Location:
Belleville – Globe Alley, Melbourne VIC 3000
Price:
$15 per person, includes a drink and snacks
The Edit is open to young and early career journalists, as well as journalism students.
Register on Eventbrite
Launched in January 2017, the FJP’s mission is to strengthen Facebook’s relationships with the news industry by developing new tools and trainings for both journalists and news consumers. Facebook’s manager of journalism partnerships, Aine Kerr, will discuss the efforts thus far and what’s ahead.
+ Q&A with Marc Fennell, ABC/SBS
Get a day pass or full festival pass for Storyology in Sydney
Get a day pass or full festival pass for Storyology in Sydney
Get a day pass or full festival pass for Storyology in Sydney
VoxPop: A radio studio in your pocket
Peter Fowler,VoxPop (NZ)
My Grandmother’s Lingo
Gina McKeon, SBS, and Angelina Joshua, language worker and teacher
Burn the Register: Harnessing the power of the crowd to keep the bastards honest.
Jackson Gothe-Snape, Burn the Register founder
Between the Line Charts
Now you can instantly create charts from ABS, OECD and UNESCO data.
Kaho Cheung, web developer, Data Explorer
Disinformation & the Mob
A look at how a state-controlled social media propaganda machine incites hate and erodes trust in media and other institutions in the Philippines. A combination of bots, fake accounts, and fake news are weakening democracy and plunging the country into a spiral of silence.
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Get the skinny on new storytelling formats — whether mobile, data, VR or interactives — that are becoming accessible to all journalists.
Get a day pass or full festival pass for Storyology in Sydney
The founding editor of The Wire (India) is uncompromising on the importance of independent journalism; the news site is editorially and financially structured to protect that independence. Hear how this new digital player has made a name for itself in India’s robust media ecosystem.
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We’re losing the public: trust in media is declining. What do we do about it? Experiments and new approaches from here and abroad.
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Mobile journalism: storytelling, democratised
Corinne Podger, Macleay College
Credible clickbait: Helping people connect with science
Dr Melanie Bagg, director of communications & outreach, Australian Academy of Science
Not 'Just Words': how to find and tell difficult stories working with sound
2ser developed an investigative, narrative based podcast series titled 'Just Words' that went behind the hype and headlines of the Racial Discrimination Act. Discover the things you need to consider when making a long form podcast about complex, live issues.
Emma Lancaster, executive producer, Just Words, 2SER
Protecting journalism sources in the digital age: Five key takeaways for journalists & editors from UNESCO's global study
Julie Posetti, journalist & academic
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From true crime and investigation to narrative and lifestyle, our panel of storytellers talk planning, research, writing, production and distribution.
This topic is also being offered in Brisbane.Get a day pass or full festival pass for Storyology in Sydney
You made it through the festival, your brain is full — now it's time let down your hair, have a few drinks and recap the best parts of Storyology with your new buds. Party's in the Eternity Playhouse foyer.
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REGISTER HERE
Around the world, Google’s News Labs connect newsrooms with exceptional tech talent to work on journalist-led projects.
Irene Jay Liu has more than 10 years of experience as an investigative data journalist, and has joined Google News Lab as their Asia-Pacific regional lead. She's visiting Sydney as part of the Storyology program. In an intimate session for journalists, Irene will give an overview of how News Lab works with journalists as they seek to grow and engage new audiences through compelling digital storytelling.
This will be followed by an in-depth workshop around one of the many tools available for journalists. Best of all — you, the attendees, get to choose the topic you want to focus on. If you are a journalist, register now for your free place, and have your say in the survey.
Places are limited so make sure you secure your ticket as soon as you can REGISTER HERE
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