For my narrative interview I was able to line up friend and Illawarra Mercury sports journalist Mitch Jennings, feeling that he was a good option as he is someone who works in the field I aspire to enter after university, and is also someone I know well and have worked alongside in a professional sense.Continue reading “Reflections from a Narrative Interview with a Storyteller, Sports Fan and Friend”
Category Archives: University Writing
How Looking to the Past Helped me Aim for the Future During COVID Lockdowns
I have held a number of jobs since graduating from school at the end of 2019, working mostly in hospitality, media and sport, but none have been disrupted as quickly and as drastically as my journalism cadetship in 2020, where I worked for independent newspaper The Monaro Post in Cooma. My main role was asContinue reading “How Looking to the Past Helped me Aim for the Future During COVID Lockdowns”
How The Castle bought both significance, and serenity, to Aussie Cinema and Culture
First things first, I adore The Castle. It was first shown to me by my neighbours when I was nine or ten, and the whole thing went a mile over my head, except for Dennis Denuto (as seen on TV) swearing at his faulty photocopier. But around me everyone was in hysterics; “tell him he’sContinue reading “How The Castle bought both significance, and serenity, to Aussie Cinema and Culture”