Faculty of Science and Information Technology

Ms Melanie James

• Master of Arts in Journalism - University of Technology, Sydney. 1998. Thesis: "The construction of identity in print media profile writing".
• Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Honours) with Class 1 Honours - University of Technology, Sydney. 1993.
• Bachelor of Arts in Communications - University of Technology, Sydney.

• Construction of meanings in public relations

Professional membership

• Member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia

Scholarships

• 97/8 Australian Post-graduate Award with Stipend for MA in Journalism.

Awards

• Australian Marketing Institute Government Campaign Award - National Finalist
• National Gold Award for Outstanding Public Relations - Winner - Public Relations Institute of Australia Golden Target Award - Multimedia Communications Category
• Public Relations Institute of Australia (ACT) Award for Excellence in Public Relations - Highly Commended - Marketing Communications Category
• Public Relations Institute of Australia (ACT) Award for Excellence in Public Relations - Winner - Multimedia Communications Category
• ABS Recognition Award for an outstanding communications program for the 2001 Census - Australian Bureau of Statistics
• ATOM (Australian Teachers of Multimedia) Award: best schools resource for A Tale of Two Worlds Interactive CD-ROM - a 2001 Census schools and community interactive education and publicity tool
• University of Technology, Sydney Journalism Awards - Winner Best Feature Article and Highly Commended Website Design and Development
• Australian Journalism Education Association National Award for Feature Writing
• The Australian/Vogel Literary Award - Highly Commended for novel, Smalltalk.
• Disability Awareness Package (2nd edition) nominated by the NSW government for an Australian Achievement Award. (Co-author)

• Problem-based learning