Advanced Journalism at the University of Melbourne
The Centre for Advanced Journalism was established in 2009 within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Our fundamental aim is to improve the practice of journalism through the creation of new partnerships - between journalists and media organisations and the University; and between journalists and the general community to stimulate public debate on important issues facing journalism.
- How will new media technologies impact on the future of journalism?
- What is the role of public interest journalism in a liberal democracy?
- What is the nature of the relationship between government and the media and how does this relationship serve the public interest?
- Is "the public interest" a concept that is understood by the media and the general public?
These and similar questions will be addressed in our research and debated through our regular blog. An active program of public events - seminars, public lectures, workshops, film festivals - will encourage media and community engagement with the big issues facing journalism in Australia and internationally.
Ethically Speaking
A free public forum on Media Ethics, in collaboration with The Wheeler Centre for Books Writing and Ideas, will be held on 17 February 2010.
Climate Change: Transforming Data into Policy
On 30 March 2010 CAJ Director, Michael Gawenda, will moderate this public forum on climate change policy, jointly sponsored by our Centre and the Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Melbourne.
