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• Media at OPEN DAY, Sunday 26th August, 2007

North Terrace to Antartica

Liz Murphy (Global Media, Adelaide) worked with student 'roving reporters' on a web event which featured a live connection to scientists in Antarctica. The connection went down once or twice but , eventually, the scientists who are conducting experiments in global warming spoke to the Adelaide audience about their working lives, and answered questions. One of the young British scientists who was celebrating his birthday that day was delighted to hear 'Happy Birthday' sung for him - by people in a city which he'd never visited. For more information on the Halley base project : http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/research_stations/halley/

Media to Blame for Childhood Obesity? Forum

Mary Griffiths was one of the four speakers to lead in the discussion of the topic "Childhood Obesity: Is it a Product of our Media Culture?" at The Forum, at which panels of the university's researchers tackle issues of social importance.

' Adelaide Street Stories' - Inaugural Short Film Festival

Adelaide University's Media department, along with staff in Strategic and Marketing Communications ran the inaugural Open Day Short Film Festival, Adelaide Street Stories. Entries were open to any member of the public under the age of 25. Entries were judged by a panel of industry experts. Winners were awarded their prizes by Mr. Michael Neale, Chair of the Media Advisory Board.

• Howard Rheingold Visits Adelaide - SmartMobs

Howard Rheingold donates a copy of his book SmartMobs, on the North Tce lawns.

• Guest Speaker Program  2007

Rod Savage, online editor of AdelaideNow http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/The Adelaide Advertiser online described the ways in which journalism is changing in the digital environment and the skills needed for working in online journalism.  

Journalist Drew Radford  http://www.abc.net.au/bloke/2001/project/drew.htm spoke about his work as a backpack journalist, describing his journey around Australia on a motor-bike and the ways in which he was able to produce and present with minimal equipment. 

Didier Elzinga http://www.rsp.com.au/news.htm a graduate of the University of Adelaide who has set up his own company Rising Sun Pictures. Didier talked about the ways in which he fits in with the Los Angeles time frames and CGI work on a range of animated films. 

University of Adelaide careers advisor Susan Hervey presented three lectures to students on preparation for the workforce, http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/careers/. 

Freelance backpack journalist Liz Murphy who works on World Ocean Observatory http://www.thew2o.net/ demonstrated web conferencing and the technology she uses to collect stories and conduct interviews, using a laptop, webcam and microphone.

Deborah Welch, station manager and Nicky Page training co-ordinator for Radio Adelaide, http://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/ presented on opportunities available for students in the Radio Production course in the B.Media and on future work prospects in radio. 

Anthony Coles, Media Consultant, Via Media http://www.viamedia.com.au/ outlined ways in which students can prepare for employment in digital media and communications industries. 

Françoise Piron, Production Co-ordinator of a range of the Adelaide Festival and other events outlined the tasks of a production co-ordinator, emphasising the importance of flexibility and toughness. 

Freelance publicity and promotions agent Neil Ward http://www.neilwardpublicity.com.au/ spoke about the need for contacts, networking and the ever constant hustle of publicity and promotions.  

Joshua Ryan, Computer Science student demonstrated a range of software applications to third year completing students. 

Sandra Winter-Dewhirst, ABC Regional Director in South Australia spoke about the digital future of the ABC, employment in the ABC and the kinds of employment opportunities available to graduating students. 

Sal Humphreys, Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Faculty spoke about her PhD research into the virtual online game of Everquest to media research methods students.

Jason Dunstone of Square Holes Public Relations company spoke about the kinds of market research that his company undertakes http://www.squareholes.com/  

Kim Boehm, CEO, Clemenger BBDO  http://www.clemenger.com.au/ provided an overview of the processes of an advertising company and the range of activities and positions that are available in this global company. 

Lynne Sanderson http://sustenance.va.com.au/, a freelance digital artist presented her work and discussed setting up her own company and the funding and employment opportunities available for freelance digital artists.  Liz helped students with re-thinking their media portfolios.