Twitter talks on TV

I saw a share worthy episode of the ABC's Big Ideas program on Twitter. Below is a link to the iview video, but it is going to expire on that site in a few days, so for reference, it was series five, episode thirty-eight aired on the twentieth of June, 2012.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/23200

One of the speakers, Catherine Deveny (a comedian and columnist for the Age for nine years, among other things) said something to the effect of that she uses Twitter because there are too many wankers on Facebook. I quite like that, as I prefer Facebook to Twitter, and I agree that, yes, it is mostly fluff and there are a few wankers. : P

And on another note, I have to congratulate myself, and a lot of others out there, that they have finished the first semester of Uni. Hurray! Bring on the holidays! I plan to keep writing my creative piece and NOT do any Uni. I do so love the artist of the photo below-please find him in my earlier post: you will recognise his distinctive work, I am sure.

Take care all,

-Bon

W13 (final) Lecture: Steve Molkington

Steve Molkington is a media commentator/TV fantatic, a blogger and has a regular radio segment... who gave us the story of his journalism career and some helpful advice to boot. Here is the URL for his site about,--you guessed it--TV:
 http://molkstvtalk.com/
*But it is much more fun than I've made it out to be. What I particularly like about it is that it isn't some trashy celebrity gossip-hyped 'entertainment' style blog. The reader can tell that the author is intelligent, and more importantly, has intelligent comments to make about the genre, about which, he is well informed.


Employers are looking for employees who have the capability to present stories etc. across different media platforms-especially new media such as Twitter. The traditional concept of journalism as 'broadcasting' is old school, and there is a great surge towards interactivity in current journalism. Latika Burke is a political reporter employed to give the news online via Twitter etc. This is a promising message for new media journalists who could now be employed (and payed) for the work they are already doing.


*Interesting fact: The Gruen Transfer (an absolutely brilliant program) is currently the largest money-maker for the ABC.

Now for some advice on how to being a great journalist...
-Form opinions
-Have an ego now as it will help you later (be confident-something I personally need to work on)

A final message from Steve Molks:

"When your opinions are starting to be considered valuable, you are succeeding"

Thanks Steve,
-Bon.