The Owl News: abortion access, international tourism, and social media

In this episode of The Owl News hosted by James Nguyen and Lauren Crow: abortion access, international tourism, and social media.Continue readingThe Owl News: abortion access, international tourism, and social media

The Owl News: teenage vaping, children in gyms, and university student physical activity

In this episode of The Owl News hosted by Emma Iirilli and Sonja Deakin: teenage vaping, children in gyms, and university student physical activity.Continue readingThe Owl News: teenage vaping, children in gyms, and university student physical activity

The Owl News: city entertainment precinct, Wakefield Park and vape detectors

In this episode of The Owl News hosted by Brendon Lloyd and Lysander Edmond: a proposed entertainment precinct in the city, the closure of Wakefield Park raceway, and vape detectors being installed in ACT schools.Continue readingThe Owl News: city entertainment precinct, Wakefield Park and vape detectors

Friday 31 March, 2023

On today’s menu cooked up by Maddi Green, Tia Priest-Willimott, Ruby Thomas, Lila Greyling and Zac Dowdell: ☕️ News ☕️ Invictus Australia ☕️ Bus stop murals ☕️ Musical theatre ☕️ Pizza (yum) ☕️ And more!Continue readingFriday 31 March, 2023

Monday 27 March, 2023

On today’s menu cooked up by Haidyn Vecera, Grace Dudley, Zac Dowdell and Sarah Grieb: news ☕️ youth anxiety ☕️ short film ☕️ glassworks ☕️ platypuses ☕️ and more!Continue readingMonday 27 March, 2023

2022 news stories

12 Things is The Owl’s annual year-in-review show, looking back at the past twelve months and reflecting on the highs and the lows. In each episode, we count down twelve of our favourite things across categories such as news, The Owl stories, events, and lessons learned. On this first episode for 2022, let’s travel back in time through sport, politics and population growth for our top news stories of the year.Continue reading2022 news stories

What does it take to be a successful local news organisation today?

In recent years the news media landscape has been very unstable, with changes in media ownership and the financial downturn during the Covid-19 Pandemic both heavily contributing. Much of the turbulence has been felt in local and regional news. Following the merger between Nine and Fairfax, Australian Community Media bought the Fairfax stable of 160 regional papers and began the shift to online subscription, and News Corp stopped the print editions of around 100 regional papers. Each of these changes led to job losses, closures and contractions, and disruption to loyal audiences.Continue readingWhat does it take to be a successful local news organisation today?

Hear Owl About It – episode 12

Think you know the news? The Owl will be the judge of that. Tune in as our rotating roster of student journalists quiz each other about what’s happening and play some tunes while they Google the answers. In this final episode of 2022, the entire team broadcasts live from The Well to take their tired in-jokes for one last spin. And on The Perch is Manager of The Well, Hamish.Continue readingHear Owl About It – episode 12

Hear Owl About It – episode 11

Think you know the news? The Owl will be the judge of that. Tune in as our rotating roster of student journalists quiz each other about what’s happening and play some tunes while they Google the answers. In this episode, Maddi Green, Ben Signor and Lila Greyling forget how to count and forget to play a song. And on The Perch with Anthony Lewsam is Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Shara Ranasinghe.Continue readingHear Owl About It – episode 11

Hear Owl About It – episode 10

Think you know the news? The Owl will be the judge of that. Tune in as our rotating roster of student journalists quiz each other about what’s happening and play some tunes while they Google the answers. In this episode, Lila Greyling, Ben Signor and Maddi Green double up on some questions and forget to write others. And on The Perch with Amy Briggs is Assistant Professor in Digital Art and Humanities, Denise Thwaites.Continue readingHear Owl About It – episode 10