Last Lecture!

Hello for the last time. Well, for the last compulsory time.  Yesterday was our last JOUR1111 lecture and we had a guest by the name of Steve Molks, I couldn’t actually quite hear his full name so I think that will have to do. Haha. Molko started at uni studying Chemistry and figured that it wasn’t for him after about 2 and half years. That’s not to say he went straight into media, he actually went into IT, and that’s still his full-time job to date. I’m hoping I stick it out in Commerce and I think that I will, even though it’s very early days!

I feel a little weird writing about everything Steve said about developing our brand as a writer as I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be heading into the field of journalism. I spent the lecture trying to relate it to what I’m going to head in to. I think it is important that I watch what I say on my blog as it may be read by future employers after a quick Google search. Buuuut, more importantly I see the need to develop my brand early also in my field. These might be through slightly different means such as internships and mingling at events but nonetheless I gained some benefits from Steve’s talk.

He touched on several aspects that we’ve covered throughout the semester, but nothing was delved into with too much detail. There was the concept of; your news bulletin of choice (and their news agenda) will shape your view of the story at hand. He also believes that traditional media will continue to exist, a belief of which I agree.  And finally, a slight touch on citizen journalism. He commented on the fact that mobile phone camera footage is used regularly in news and the media. This is definitely the case and the thing I thought of first was the footage from the Boxing Day Tsunami. I looked for a fair while around Youtube but couldn’t find what I was after. Grr. Instead I got this pretty average quality vid I want to share! 

It pretty much just sums up the basics of what it is that makes up citizen journalism. And it has the added entertainment value of Lego men!

Apart from some chat about morning television and a quick look around his blog, that was about the extent to which the lecture went.

Oh Mel and Kochie....


Bye bye!