Men and Cattle: history of development in northern Australia
I found a collection of small audio documentaries recently. They were on cassette so the quality after 30 odd years isn't great. The talent is historian Peter Forrest. Men and…
Data Journalism
Links used in recent lecture Definition: wikipedia Find: Searching for data on the web Clean: Process to filter and transform data, preparation for visualization Visualize: Displaying the pattern, either as…
Convergence: changes to the way journalists think about stories
This is a presentation I delivered to 2nd year Journalism students at the University of Queensland. The students were studying "Convergence"
New version of ABC Local
In February 2010 we launched the most recent iteration of ABC Local, by my calculation the fifth I've been involved in. This time the project took 14 months but when…
Tools for Journalism
Tools for modern journalism was a presentation prepared for primarily post-graduate students and staff of the University of Queenslands Journalism faculty. The talk was part of the JACtalk series. The…
Microformats
This presentation was made to web developers and editors as part of a knowledge sharing exercise.
Audio Online
This is a presentation made to first year Journalism students at the University of Queensland. it was used as part of the Radio subject.
Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training
In 2002 I studied for my Certificate IV in workplace assessment and training, gaining the certificate in April that year. The certificate was required as the ABC became a registered…
First corporate web site for 612 ABC Brisbane
In 1998 I built my first web site, a corporate brochure site for 612 ABC Brisbane, then called 4QR. Looking back on the frames based navigation, the animated email gif,…
Straw Bale House
In the late 1990's I stopped off in Maleny, Queensland where I interviewed architect Ahtee Chia about the straw bale house he had built. Links Straw Bale Home building Talent:…