MECO6925 Online Journalism

Shark as an appetising dessert in unnatural colours

On Sharks & Humanity Art Exhibition: The Relationship between Human and Nature

2019-04-23 Linlin Zheng 1

Story topic and angle Sharks are one of the most ancient species in the world and have been on Earth for about 500 million years. However, they are at the risk of extinction due […]

Proposal for a feature story on the current situation of peer-to-peer car sharing in Australia

2019-04-23 Yanan Yin 1

1. Topic and angle Bike sharing in Australia has developed in full swing recently. What about car sharing? By January 2017, more than 200,000 Australians have become registered users for Australian carsharing operators, such as […]

How do Chinese students view immigration issues?

2019-04-23 Dan Zhu 0

Topic As a hot global immigrant country, Australia’s immigration problem has always been a concern. With the increase in the immigrant population in Australia, social problems and contradictions have gradually emerged. In the case of […]

Phone Scams: Infromation leakage and economic safety in Australia.

2019-04-23 Bao Mingming 0

Genre: Feature Story Publication: Sydney Morning Herald Brief Introduction Phone scams are very common in modern society, and it sometimes will result in huge economic damages of both individual and organizations. In Australia, […]

How Difficult Would It Be To Slow Down Fast Fashion?

2019-04-23 Sally Luo 2

Story topic and angle The 2019 Ethical fashion report was released a few weeks ago, and more than a third of companies have improved their rating grade since 2018. Among them, Zara, as the subsidiary […]

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Feature story proposal: the issues of the Sydney Light Rail’s construction

2019-04-23 Mingmin Li 1

Story topic, angle, and narrative genre Sydney Light Rail is a huge project which is constructing now. It is totally 12 kilometer and divided two branches that the CBD and South East Light Rail including […]

What do young audiences think about the Sydney Writers’ Festival?

2019-04-23 Jenny Ma 0

Introduction of my story The Sydney Writers’ Festival (short as SWF) of this year will be held from 29th April to 5th May. As a world influential festival, SWF has a history of 22 years, […]

Proposal: when Australian tutors know how to use WeChat

2019-04-23 Zijing Ye 1

Issue The issue is about a professor Craig Mellare in the University of Sydney who are using WeChat and communicates with Chinese students. It starts with a conversation on WeChat. A Chinese student posted a […]

Coffee Culture in Sydney: The Rocks Aroma Festival

2019-04-23 Glynnis Wang 1

Topic, angle and genre In terms of topic, Australia is recognized as a country where coffee culture is second only to Italy. Among them, Melbourne is recognized as the “Coffee Capital”, but through the market […]

A protest sign at the Martin Place homeless camp from 2017 which says, "For many this is what affordable Sydney housing looks like".

As Sydney becomes more expensive to live in, so does the rise of homelessness

2019-04-23 Tuan Vo 0

With the federal election fast approaching (May 18), one of the social issues that’s generally not covered in depth is homelessness. The topic of homelessness is a very confronting issue and it can be uncomfortable […]