About

Qualifications

• Master of Letters (The University of Central Queensland)
• Graduate Diploma in Education (Adult) (The Northern Territory University)
• Graduate Diploma in Communication (University of Technology, Sydney)
• Bachelor of Arts (Griffith University)

Research

Research Interests

Surfing media, history and culture, cross cultural communication and representation

Grants and Funding

• January 2003
  Project title: Swell Dreaming: Surfing in Australia: 14 programs of 5 to 8 minute duration
  Funding body: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  Amount: $9,400
  Project management: TUNRA, The University of Newcastle
  Specific contribution: Writer, Producer, Production
  Publication outcome: Broadcast throughout Australia on ABC Local Radio, Summer 2003/2004 and reworked to a 28 minute version for broadcast throughout Australia on Radio National on Friday April 9, 2004 on The Sports Factor
• June 1999-January 2001
  Project title: All Media Guide to Fairness and Non-Racism in Reporting
  Funding body: Living in Harmony Program, Commonwealth Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
  Amount: $55,000
  Project management: Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Griffith University (Nathan)
  Specific contribution: Co-author with Dr. Stephen Stockwell, Griffith University, Gold Coast
  Publication outcome: All-Media Guide to Fair and Cross-Cultural Reporting, Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Griffith University: Nathan
• May 1997-March 1998
  Project title: A review of the role of government in the staged, coordinated and most cost-effective development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media
  Project funding body: ATSIC, Woden, ACT
  Amount: $100,000
  Project management: Indigenous Management Australia (Brisbane)
  Specific contribution: Reviewed training operations of the national Indigenous media sectors in all Australian states and territories
  Publication outcome: Digital Dreaming: A National Review of Indigenous Media and Communication (Executive Summary), ATSIC, Woden (1999)
• February-June 1997
  Project title: Curriculum research and production of cross-cultural educational materials capable of being implemented in self directed learning mode
  Project funding body: Commonwealth of Department of Employment Education and Training, Canberra
  Amount: $40,000
  Project management: Metro Television, Sydney
  Specific contribution: Authored materials and script for a video production for a self directed learning curriculum for cross-cultural education of media production students
  Publication outcome: Binangguh (meaning to listen in a Bundjalung dialect) (video) TEAME (Training and Education for Arts and Media Employment) Sydney, 1997
• July 1996-June 1998
  Project title: The Media and Indigenous Australians Project
  Project funding body: Commonwealth of Department of Employment Education and Training, Canberra
  Amount: $90,000
  Project management: Department of Journalism, University of Queensland
  Specific contribution: Co-authored the Indigenous Media and Australians Project
  Publication outcome: The Media and Indigenous Australians Project, Department of Journalism: University of Queensland
• July - Nov. 1996 Project title: Certificate II in Television and Video Production
  Project funding body: Training and Education for the Arts, Media and Entertainment (TEAME), Sydney
  Amount: $13,000
  Specific contribution: Developed curriculum for a training course in film and television production specifically for Indigenous people
  Publication outcome: National accreditation of a training course Certificate II in Television and Video Production & Training Plan for Employers. TEAME, Sydney

Other

Membership of Societies and Professional Bodies

• Journalism Education Association of Australia
• Media Entertainment Arts Alliance

Awards and Prizes

• 2007 - Winner, PRODI Award for Best Sports Feature (All Media) for 'Vogue Traders' published in Inside Sport magazine, October 2006. Award given by Media and Entertainment Arts Alliance, Australian Journalists Association Section.
• 2004 - Winner, PRODI Award for Best Sports Feature (Radio) for 'Swell Dreaming', a radio series produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and broadcast on Local Radio and Radio National. Award given by Media and Entertainment Arts Alliance, Australian Journalists Association Section.
• 1999 - The University of Newcastle Excellence in Teaching Award (Team Teaching)
• 1999 - Winner, The Australian Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing (Tertiary Teaching and Learning Package for Media and Indigenous Australians Project)