Bringing back the 1990's

I read an article in the times about nostalgia and how the shows of the 1990s are suddenly coming back on to our screens. i really like the way the article was written. it is a conversational piece which really draws its reader in. it uses colloquial language and 90s references. The article is called "Remember the 1990s? Good, Because They're back" and written by Claire Suddath

Link: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2087733,00.html

A Lecture on Ethics

Important points from lecture
Three ethical frameworks

1. Deontology - Rules, principles, duties
2. Consequentialism (aka Teleology) -The end justifies the means
3. Virtue Ethics- Goodness comes from good habits or dispositions such as courage, justice,temperance and prudence.

The Mean
- Courage is the mean between rashness and cowardice

- Justice is the mean between the injustice of the overzealous and excessive law and the injustice of lawlessness

MEAA ethics

• Honesty
• Fairness
• Independence
• Respect for the rights of others
  1.  Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts.  Do not suppress relevant available facts, or give distorting emphasis.  Do your utmost  to give a fair opportunity for reply.
  2.  Do not place unnecessary emphasis on personal characteristics, including race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family relationships, religious belief, or physical or intellectual disability.
  3.  Aim to attribute information to its source.  Where a source seeks anonymity, do not agree without first considering the source’s motives and any alternative attributable source.  Where confidences are accepted,  respect them in all circumstances.
  4.  Do not allow personal interest, or any belief, commitment, payment, gift or benefit, to undermine your accuracy, fairness or independence.
  5.  Disclose conflicts of interest that affect, or could be seen to affect, the accuracy, fairness or independence of your journalism.  Do not improperly use a journalistic position for personal gain.  
  6.  Do not allow advertising or other commercial considerations to undermine accuracy, fairness or independence.
  7.  Do your utmost to ensure disclosure of any direct or indirect payment made for interviews, pictures, information or stories.
  8.  Use fair, responsible and honest means to obtain material.  Identify yourself and your employer before obtaining any interview for publication or broadcast.  Never exploit a person’s vulnerability or ignorance of media practice.
  9.  Present pictures and sound which are true and accurate.  Any manipulation likely to mislead should be disclosed.
  10.  Do not plagiarise.
  11.  Respect private grief and personal privacy.  Journalists have the right to resist compulsion to intrude.
  12.  Do your utmost to achieve fair correction of errors
  
  Sourced from: 
  http://www.australian-news.com.au/codethics.htm

Lecture 4- ABC radio

Telling stories for radio notes
Richard Fidler

• radio is a very different medium
• intimate medium
• often you are multitasking
• important to engage your listeners in the conversation to keep them included
• the story needs to be interesting and be able to sustain itself
• subject being interviewed must feel safe and comfortable with their interviewer
• a privilege to be part of others recollections
• silence is very powerful sometimes
• the afternoon focused more on entertainment and audience participation (e.g. talkback radio)
• friendliness to talback listeners to make them feel comfortable
• shift in how people take in their media, yet radio has not changed to such a dramatic extent
• radio is public service in a sense
• read the paper, keep asking question, expose yourself to different currents of thought

Part 2- Steve Austin

• annunciation is important
• bring down the barriers between the listener and the presenter
• creating pictures from words
• reflecting what the audience desires
• know who your audience is
• entertainment, intimacy,interest
• diverse audience at night
• even if you don't answer the question the listener will pick it up, people can tell what is fake
• try and empathise vocally
• simple question is good
• important to be human and human experience, we respond emotionally and subconsciously.
• talk less and listen more, show respect
• news radio and podcasts
• a lack of time helped radio to flourish because it can be on in the background and save time

Daniel Morcombe Saga

The last week has been a large week in Australian news, with new light being shed on the Daniel Morcombe case. Such a great deal of progress has been made over the span of two weeks. There has been a trial, a conviction, a discovery of area and the surfacing of shoes believed to be belonging to the victim. With the newest discovery of bones there may finally be some closure in one of Australia's most prominent mysteries.

Below is the link to some images from the Brisbane Times - these were from a gallery of pictures. I chose these images because I believe many of them constitute a good photo (looking at the points from the previous lecture).

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/photogallery/queensland/search-for-daniel-morcombes-remains-20110815-1itq3.html?selectedImage=1

Lecture 3: Telling Factual Stories with Pictures

Notes on lecture:

What makes a great photo-

• Framing
• Focus
• Angle and Point of View
• Exposure
• Timing
• Capturing the moment

What makes a great moving picture-

• Framing
• Focus
• Angle and Point of View
• Exposure
• Timing and Editing
• Capturing the scene
• Inclusion of sound dimension

"A picture has no meaning at all if it can't tell a story." Award-winning Finnish photographer Eetu Sillanpää

The Brisbane Times

Read an article in the Brisbane Times about vintage cookbooks. I thought some of the above to be quite interesting:

Link:http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/vintage-menus-and-other-food-book-discoveries-20110805-1iei4.html

The Sunday Mail

After having sushi train the previous day and believing it to be a healthier option, I was rudely awakened today after reading ( in the Sunday Mail's Body and Soul section ) those small pieces of sushi are the eqivalent of a Subway roll. I understand Subway is a healthier option anyway ,depending on what bread and fiilings you choose, but it is hard to believe that such a tiny piece of sushi could be so full of sugar. I think now I will think twice before sitting down at a sushi train again.