The Masterclass Podcast
1) S3E12: S03E12: Wing Kuang on Starting a Career in Journalism
âWhat makes you different from your peers who also want to get a job in journalism? ABC audio producer and digital reporter Wing Kuang is an expert at turning a disadvantage into an asset. Having fir...Show More
2) S3E11: S03E11: Kirsti Melville on Working with Sound
âThe minute I walk into that space, I turn my audio ears on.â ABC broadcaster Kirsti Melville is an award-winning radio documentary maker, who always starts planning for an audio feature by thinking ...Show More
3) S3E10: S03E10: Tamara Oudyn on Voice in Audio Journalism
âYour voice is such a personal qualityâŠItâs like your own aural fingerprint.â As an ABC voice coach and journalist, Tamara Oudyn is shaping the diverse voices of the national broadcaster. Here she de...Show More
4) S3E9: S0309: Jo Lauder on Audio Storytelling
"The thing that I love about audio is that...it's really intimate." ABC journalist Jo Lauder says audio can be really effective in transporting the listener to a particular time and place. She explai...Show More
5) S3E8: S03E08: Daniel Browning on Objectivity in Journalism
âWho measures objectivity? Who judges objectivity?â Objectivity is traditionally seen as a cardinal tenet of journalism, but Daniel Browning's long experience in Australian newsrooms has left him que...Show More
6) S3E7: S03E07: Konrad Marshall on the Craft of Feature Writing
âAlways get the name of the dog, the brand of the beer, and the title of the song that was playing as the car crashed off the road.â This is one writing commandment that the award-winning writer for ...Show More
7) S3E6: S03E06: Stephanie Convery on feature stories
âFocus on the intimate and particular.â When it comes to feature writing, Stephanie Convery says it is often the small details that count. Her work with Guardian Australia involves shining a light on...Show More
8) S3E5: S03E05: Laura Murphy-Oates on interviewing
âYou canât go in with no idea of what you might hope to get out of it, but you have to be open to what happens in the interview.â As former host of Guardian Australiaâs Full Story podcast, Laura Murp...Show More
9) S3E4: S03E04: Saffron Howden on writing news stories
"If you haven't grabbed the readers' attention within the first 10-12 words, you lose them." Saffron Howden's job is training journalists how to write news for Australian Community Media. She sees ne...Show More
10) S3E3: S03E03: Nick McKenzie on ethics and defamation
"It's about fairness in the search for the truth, and fairness in publishing our stories." The Age's Nick McKenzie has put fairness at the centre of his journalistic identity. It's led him to break s...Show More