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13 steps for freelance journalism beginners

August 14, 2017 #Freelance #MEAAMedia Featured News

Drawing on her own experiences, journalist Rosalea Ryan is keen to share her tips about starting up as a freelancer with other MEAA members. 

Rosalea has worked consistently in the print publishing industry since taking up a photographic traineeship in 1987. She has edited, written for, sub-edited and designed books, magazines and newspapers both in-house and as a freelancer and holds ...

Ten top tips: Succeeding as a producer

August 9, 2017 #MEAAEquity

Producer Laura Milke Garner shares some practical advice for performers looking to create their own work.

Fresh faces elected to Federal Council

August 7, 2017 #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity #MEAAMedia News

MEAA’s peak representative body will have an injection of fresh faces with 32 new delegates to join the Federal Council following last month’s elections.

MEAA queries V8 Supercars ‘volunteers’

August 7, 2017 #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAASport News

MEAA has written to the Fair Work Ombudsman about a potential breach of workplace laws through the use of unpaid workers by the Virgin Australia Supercars Championships.

Governments can no longer ignore the crisis facing public interest journalism

July 28, 2017 #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured News

Governments can no longer stand on the sidelines but must step in to support independent journalism to preserve democracy, the union for Australian media workers has urged in its submission to the Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism.

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance’s submission to the Senate select committee inquiry has now been publicly released by the ...