Journalism & Radio work by students at Ultimo TAFE
By Joanne Hardy @joanneehardyy From fat shaming to eating disorders, negative views of body images have grown significantly, creating other negative issues for the day-to-day life of teenagers. A year into the pandemic, we are using social media more than ever before. It is now the easiest way of communicating with friends, family and peers […]
Despite streaming services still being the preferred way for Australians to listen to music, vinyl sales continue to increase, with no signs of dropping any time soon. Story and photo by Brad Hayne @LintMusic The temporary closure or permanent shutdown of many small music stores across the country in 2020 didn’t seem to drastically affect […]
Certificate 4 students are back for 2021, bringing you live radio every Friday at 11am. Today’s theme was Food (nom!) The Food Show was hosted by Euan Swann, with stories by Ally Malcolm , Elli Lamplugh, Christian Penny, Pat Sunderland, Adam Cook, Marco Delpopolo, Brad Hayne, and Therese Mariko. If you missed us today, no […]
Humanity is about to get its first (willingly received!) moon rocks in 44 years thanks to China’s Chang’e 5 probe. Yes, it’s true – we’re spoilt with all the space rocks we’ve been getting recently. Chang’e 5 is China’s first sample return mission, and the first mission to retrieve lunar samples since the Soviet Luna […]
After travelling over 5 billion kilometres on a six year round trip, a Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa 2 has completed its mission, potentially bringing us closer to unlocking more secrets of our solar system. The mission In late 2014, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sent a probe to a near-Earth asteroid named Ryugu. This […]
Think back over the last five years. It may be easy to pick out significant events, but how many out of those 43,000 hours do you actually remember? The number isn’t likely to be high, but this isn’t a bad thing. The human memory filters out irrelevant and outdated information in order for us to […]
South of the northern lights, there lies another aurora-like phenomenon: STEVE (or Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, formally). It’s distinguished by a large, purple stream of plasma. One of the many unique things about STEVE is its accompanied ‘picket fence’. Vertical green stripes line the purple ribbon, and these have some mystery surrounding them. Due […]
Written by @breakofdayfilms Chris Lawrence has been barbering for 2 and a half years at Tooth & Nail in Marrickville, Sydney. I first met Chris about 9 months ago. I’d had a bad haircut at another local barber and I was nervous about finding someone in my new home town who I could trust to […]
Created by Tim Samuel. Discover what it means to be a night owl – to live and breathe the night – and also what it means to be Tim Samuel. All through the magical power of ASMR. Featured image by James Lee on Unsplash
Created by Rufus Barr. Glenn Miller was the highest selling music artist during World War II, who gave it all up to entertain the Allied troops. On December 15, 1944, Glenn Miller disappeared on his way from England to Paris. This audio feature takes a look at what may have happened.