by Kerri Ellis 15-year-old Leila Merrington- SS4C - Image supplied18-year-old Sophia Skarparis - Plastic Free Sophia - Image supplied Living through 2020 has been like no other for people worldwide due to COVID-19. It looks like 2021 may not seem that different after all. Perhaps a look at what our youth are involved in right … Continue reading Australian Youth, Making Change for our World
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Create or Die. Making New Music in these COVID times
Feature story by Kerri Ellis COVID 19 was not kind to the live music industry. It took away live music and created severe uncertainty about the future. Performance is part and parcel to survival. Ask many an artist and they will agree, if you are not creating, you are dying. Create or die. It is … Continue reading Create or Die. Making New Music in these COVID times
Just how badly did coronavirus impact the music and entertainment industry?
Story by Kerri Ellis A survey found people are considering leaving the Victorian music industry. A new study looked at how the pandemic has impacted the Victorian music sector. The Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO) and the Victorian Office for Women, commissioned RMIT University to complete the study – Understanding Challenges to the Victorian Music Industry … Continue reading Just how badly did coronavirus impact the music and entertainment industry?
Owning the Writer that I am – Kerri Ellis
I stepped into the world of journalism in June this year. I went in with a limited concept, thinking I was simply going to learn how to be a better Writer. Rather, for the past six months, my skill set skyrocketed out beyond Earth's stratosphere. Journalism is far more than researching and writing a story, … Continue reading Owning the Writer that I am – Kerri Ellis
Face to Face – story by Kerri Ellis
As a TAFE student studying Journalism, our assignment one day was to go to Newtown (an Inner West suburb of Sydney) to interview people, and to film as we interviewed. Then to edit the footage. Sounds easy eh?! For a novice, it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do (I talk … Continue reading Face to Face – story by Kerri Ellis
#teamTAFE – interview on Kerri Ellis by Jen Davidson
This interview was carried out by Jen Davidson, a fellow TAFE student. She interviewed me as a House Sitter for one of her assignments. One of the major lessons learnt on this course was working as a team. As a class, we were assigned to interview a specialist and use the tools we had learnt … Continue reading #teamTAFE – interview on Kerri Ellis by Jen Davidson
Empowering a voice with an Interview
This assignment was for me to interview a specialist, then edit it down to about five or seven minutes. I set up to interview the Branding Manager of the National Maritime Museum, Jackson Pellow. The interview ran for over twenty minutes, for it was very interesting. Then, I had the task of editing it down … Continue reading Empowering a voice with an Interview
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