Academic work
I have produced not only exemplary quality journalism but academic work. I completed Bachelor of Arts from The University of Melbourne with a major in Political Science and International Relations in 2009. In 2011 I gained entry to Monash University's Master of Communication and Media Studies program. I was accepted into the honours equivalency thesis program reserved for the top 10% of students mid-way through Semester 1, usually only recommended to students upon the completion of first year study.
I undertook a thesis entitled Rock Sells Out?: Australian rock journalism – cultural creation, industry influence and electronic evolution. Shepherded by Dr. Tony Moore, the thesis explores the history of rock journalism and criticism contextualising it in the modern age, asking; is the rock journalism of today merely in the service of publicists? (Short answers: yeah, pretty much.)
The thesis charts the interplay between public relations and rock journalism, the technology that drives both rock music and its associated media and examines rock journalism as a field of cultural production. It also contains a short case study on "fan" journalism and its impact on Heavy Metal online journalism in Australia, one of the first ever scholarly examinations of this field.
You can download it here.
During my masters candidature, he was published in the peer-reviewed academic journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics for an article entitled "An iPhone in Every Hand: Media Ecology, Communication Structures, and the Global Village."
In 2012, I had the opportunity to write the introduction to Music Journalism 101 by Leticia Mooney (nee Supple). You can purchase the first edition on Amazon.
I am a member of the Golden Key Honour Society - Monash Chapter. Still waiting for that key, too.