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Books: December 2011
Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy By Lindsay Tanner When Lindsay Tanner resigned in 2010 as the ALP’s federal minister for finance and member for Melbourne, having…
Books: July 2011
The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management: Your essential blueprint for developing a crisis communication plan in today’s social media age. In a crisis,…
March 2010: Events
The Quill Awards are coming up on Friday March 19 at the Crown Palladium. MC is Tony Jones, Nine News. Awards include the Graham Perkin…
Staff profile: Ann Buchner
Ann Buchner is a highly regarded and award-winning senior journalist, television producer and media trainer with 20 years’ experience in the media. Ann has been…
March 2010: Books
In its fourth edition, Style Guide a comprehensive manual for journalists and writers is now available. Is “alright” all right? Is it nerve-wracking or nerve-racking?…
Writing for the Media
Do you know how to write a media release? What about a tweet or a blog post? Are comfortable pitching your ideas to a journalist…
Writing For Media and Stakeholders
The first course for 2010 will be our Writing for the Media course on 13 January in Melbourne. Learn the structure and sure-fire way of…
Writing Communications/Media Strategy
Writing Communications/Media Strategy This course outlines what a Communications/Media Strategy is, why you need one, the risks in not having one and how to prepare…
Grammar Grabs: Chomping at the bit
Chomping at the bit. The correct phrase is “champing at the bit” – which, in a classic case of proper English trumping logical English, doesn’t…