The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. It features original reporting by students, cont...
Today we're focusing on the ties between the University of Melbourne and weapons manufacturers. While the University has downplayed these ties, our reporter James Costa has found it’s still pursuing new defence partnerships. In particular, the university is spruiking its forthcoming inner-city campus at Fisherman's Bend. The University’s behaviour during student protests last year has also come under scrutiny, particularly its use of wifi to surveil students; one critic is calling it "twenty-first century McCarthyism".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Three Years of News Bites
We’re continuing our centenary celebrations by revisiting highlights from our News Bites series. Over the last three years, we’ve featured more than 40 of Australia’s top journalism experts. These include newspaper editors, podcasters, war journalists, and our very own staff. Today you’ll hear some of their top tips for aspiring journalists, from making your first pitch to covering conflict zones. Thanks to Jeff Sparrow, Bernadette Nunn, Louisa Lim, and Sami Shah for conducting the interviews and organising News Bites events. Show notes:News Bites playlistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Yarn at 100
Today marks the 100th episode of our award-winning student podcast, The Yarn. In the three years since we started, we’ve featured work from 151 emerging journalists and won the Climate Award at the Australian Podcast Awards. To celebrate our centenary, we’re revisiting the highlights from our environmental reporting. From the centre of a bee swam to a trip along the Murray River, we’re taking you to unexpected places. We're also airing the voices of young Australians as they muse over eco-anxiety — and what can be done to counter global heating. Show notes: Making the Murray River Sing Tales of the Environment Part 2: Our Disappearing Forests Climate Generation: Eco-anxiety Swarm Episode 7: Pest or Protected? Not Natural: Disrupting Decline See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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News Bites: Journalism Survival Guide
Intimidated, lucky, chaotic: this is the emotional rollercoaster of the first days working in a newsroom. This episode is our survival guide to starting out in journalism, as delivered by three of our graduates. Gwen Liu from the Ballarat Courier, Harry Sekulich from the Daily Aus, and freelancer Wing Kuang speak to Senior Tutor Bernadette Nunn about how to survive and thrive when starting out in journalism. "The only way to do better is just by doing," says Harry, while Gwen's advice is simple, "you need courage, you need to be brave."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Uncurated: DONATIONS
The Baillieu Library is the largest library here at the University of Melbourne. Walking through the library, the shelves are filled with books on everything from philosophy and history, to science and computing, all from a Western Eurocentric perspective. But the library also holds one of the largest collections of Rare East Asian books and materials in the Southern Hemisphere. Throughout this episode, Jiaxuan Zhu explores how knowledge has been built here at the University of Melbourne and reflects on the importance of diversity and looking past just Eurocentric knowledge foundations. INTERVIEWEES: Dr Shiqiu Liu This podcast is on the exhibition “Learning Beyond Borders: Thomas Chong’s Study and Practice of Medicine”, presented by the Archives and Special Collections of the university. MUSIC CREDITS Epidemic Sound: Sowing the Summer Barley by Francis WellsEpidemic Sound: Shrines by David CelesteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.
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