Journalism research room
Media Centre Staff provide learning and production support for students enrolled in journalism subjects.
Production Support Officers provide in-class and out-of-class production support and are available for consultation in television journalism and electronic publishing.
Newspapers/magazines
These titles are available on the newspaper benches for browsing:
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Sydney Morning Herald |
Monday to Saturday |
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The Australian |
Monday to Friday |
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The Weekend Australian |
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The Australian Financial Review |
Monday to Friday |
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The Daily Telegraph |
Monday to Saturday |
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The Sun-Herald |
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Sunday Telegraph |
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The Age |
Monday to Sunday |
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The Canberra Times |
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Adelaide Advertiser |
Monday to Friday |
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The Courier Mail |
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Koori Mail |
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The Bulletin |
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The Guardian Weekly |
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The newspapers are bound in order with the most recent edition on top. If you need to remove any newspaper from its binding, always return it with pages in order to its correct spot in the binder. Do not remove newspapers from the workroom for any reason. At the end of the week, all papers are cleared and filed under the benches. They are kept there for three months so you can photocopy articles from back issues.
Computer facilities
Computers facilities are available in the Journalism Research Room for the use of eligible students.
On-line database searches
ASCOT is the Australian Securities Commission database of company and land title records. This service is time-charged and will be restricted to specific projects by arrangement with the lecturer. Access to other electronic databases is provided through the UTS Library. You can access a range of databases through http://www.lib.uts.edu.au
Press releases
Government press releases and publications are filed under their broad subject area. If you use anything from this collection, please return it to the correct folder or shelf. Do not remove any item from the Journalism Research Room. If you wish to borrow anything overnight, you must see the Production Support Officer.
Telephones
There is a telephone in room 508 which is for UTS journalism coursework use by journalism students ONLY. This telephone is not to be used for personal calls. Calls are monitored: any student found making a personal call on these phones will lose their access privileges to the room and will be required to compensate the Faculty.
To ring a number outside the university, you must dial 'O'; this applies for both local and STD phone calls; there is no international access. The phone number is 9514 1962. If you wish to make a personal call, pay phones are located at the entrance to the Bon Marche building, and on the second floor.
Audio Visual
To keep in touch with the programs broadcast journalists are producing, it is useful to anticipate programs on radio and television and tape them for background information, sources, etc. The Journalism Research Room has a number of facilities for playback and recording purposes:
- Record - AM/FM radio onto audio cassette
- Playback - audio cassette and VHS video cassette
If you want to record:
- VHS to VHS
- Super VHS to Super VHS
- U-matic to Super VHS
- U-matic to VHS
- or any of these formats to audio cassette, this can be done in viewing suite 334 on the third floor.
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ)
Room 503, Bon Marche
Email: acij@uts.edu.au, WWW: http://acij.uts.edu.au
See the contact details on ACIJ website.
The ACIJ was set up in 1990 as a resource and professional development Centre with a commitment to research into journalistic practice and the fostering of investigative journalism. Its Director is Tony Maniaty. The ACIJ presents short course industry training and publishes Reportage, a publication to which students are invited to submit their work.
It also provides a bridge with the media industry by hosting conferences and seminars and publishing its major research findings and seminar proceedings. In 1998 the Centre began the George Munster Journalism Forums, a series of public seminars which were later broadcast on ABC Radio National.
Who can use these facilities
The Journalism Room is your workspace, a focal point for gathering and sharing information for individual or group projects, or for relaxation and socialising. This room has been set aside for students who are enrolled in journalism subjects. Always have your student card with you when using the room. You may be asked to present it.