[csaa-forum] Rebecca and the beach

[Shelley Brunt]

Kath,
thanks for showing us that there are more/other options!
Would love a list of "numerous radio & print outlets for opinion writing" if 
you can....
cheers
shelley


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Shelley Brunt
Ph.D. (ethnomusicology) candidate
Elder School of Music
The University of Adelaide

Secretary, IASPM-ANZ
International Association for the Study of Popular Music





>From: Kath Albury <katherine.albury at arts.usyd.edu.au>
>Reply-To: CSAA discussion list <csaa-forum at lists.cdu.edu.au>
>To: CSAA discussion list <csaa-forum at darlin.cdu.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: [csaa-forum] Rebecca and the beach
>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:19:16 +1000
>
>Hi all,
>
>In addition to seconding various people's comments on the benefits of
>teaching, I'd like to add to this thread with some of my personal 
>experiences
>as a freelancer/academic gun-for-hire.
>
>I've gotten great benefits from attending a wide range of conferences & 
>forums
>- some only tangentially aligned with my official discipline. Not so much 
>in
>terms of my papers being praised or even acknowledged (although it's 
>fantastic
>when they are), but in terms of making connections with like-minded people 
>at
>all levels of the scholarly food-chain.I also have received incredible
>intellectual and personal sustenance from attending events outside the
>academy, particulary the TINA festival in Newcastle.
>
>There are lots of forums where those who are able to communicate 'big 
>ideas'
>are welcomed... Radio National is particularly receptive to people who can
>communicate deeper analysis with enthusiam & pleasure in their topic. The
>producers in RN Audio Arts are quite supportive of freelancers with good
>ideas, and research & writing skills; even without prior media production
>experience. There are numerous radio & print outlets for opinion writing at
>the moment, and the editors are keen to get 'younger' or 'newer' voices out
>there. I could make up a little list if people are interested.
>
>But you do need to be relatively thick-skinned, and accept that the eds may
>take a while to return calls & email. They may ask you to meet very tight
>deadlines (sometimes only hours away) and will probably change your work,
>and/or cut it down to suit the space they have available. Despite all that, 
>it
>is worth pursuing op-ed and radio work if you're trying to get a book
>published, since publishers look favourably on those who can market their
>ideas.
>
>Having plugged away at all this since I finished my honours thesis in 1996
>(which I turned into a radio feature for RN), I'm finally getting paid for
>media commentary more often than not. That said, there's always a trade-off 
>-
>in my case an over-due thesis.
>
>Cheers, Kath
>
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