partings

So it's the end. Of an era - not my blogging career. 

It's the final week of JOUR1111 and aside from next week's quiz, this is the final straw. The final hurdle. Adios. Ciao. Au reviour. Auf Wiedersehen. Goodbye. 

So it's been an enjoyable experience - unusual though. An introduction to the bazaar and intriguing online world of blogging and tweeting. Something that I will definitely aim to continue. 

To conclude, I'm going to conclude with a quotation from my journalistic inspiration - Christiane Amanpour -  who someday, I want to WILL work alongside and who's accomplishments I could only dream achieving. 

"Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win." 

We have an obligation to write, to report and to investigate. An obligation to create good journalism, accurate and innovative journalism, that intrigues and captivates readers - bringing to their attention news that actually contains merit and truth. 

That's a world of journalism that I wish to be apart of, and that's a world of journalism I want to create. 

Journalism is thrilling by nature - and I cannot wait to be apart of such an exciting world. 

Until we meet again...

xoxo 

Dear Today Tonight

A story framed around the fact that a woman had her first child naturally at age 50 is not news. 

Frankly, I could not care less. I mean, that's wonderful - really, it is. For her and her husband and their family. Not for the entirety of Australia. I mean, women are becoming more and more able to naturally have children later in life. We see so many examples of older woman having babies both naturally and through fertility help services, I really don't think that it's major, breaking news. 

Just look: it happened last year too. 

http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/news/inthemag/8277597/i-had-a-baby-at-50-without-ivf

In fact, below are some findings from the Australian Institute of Family Studies: 

"Australian women are having children later. The median age at which women have their first baby was 27.3 years of age in 2000. Current teenage fertility is the lowest since 1921."

This is basically just in keeping with my last post. 

50 Australian troops died in Australia on Wednesday. The whole Baden Clay case broke out on Wednesday, yet a 50 year old pregnancy is still number one on Today Tonight's headlines? 

Wow. What has Australia's journalism industry come to? 

Clearly just a fertile breeding ground (pun intended) for feel-good and human interest stories. 

I hope we can change this. 

xoxo 

60 MINUTES OF CELEBRITY GOSSIP

"But were you really in love with him?"

This was one of the interview questions on 60 minutes last night. 

I know 60 minutes really isn't the benchmark for great, innovative and real journalism - but it has its journalistic merits. 

Anyway, Karl Stefanovic is sitting there with the gorgeous bombshell Delta Goodrem and after saying that she was open to any questions at the beginning of his interview, ALL of his questions were about her love life. 

More particularly, about her supposed 'genuine love' with 10-years-her-junior Nick Jonas. 

They're actually really cute together, but I cannot believe the whole interview was framed around her love life. I mean, she's being called 'the diva dividing Australia' and besides one question regarding her sincerity on 'The Voice', there was NOTHING about her 15-year-old debut, or her recent single, her upcoming album or her plans post 'The Voice'. 

I find it tragic that I, as a first year journalism student, can brainstorm better questions than those post by a reporter with 18 years of experience with WIN/NINE. Wow. 

I hate how the journalism industry is suffering. We really need shows that aren't so fluffy and Perez-Hilton-esque and are actually newsworthy and possessive of news values. 

Well, a girl can dream, can't she?

xoxo