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Happy Caturday - Eat the Cat music video

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EAT THE CAT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) This is one of the many music videos that has been circulating over the internet.

Floored '23 - Vox Pop Bloopers

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The idea is to show what can go wrong when trying to make a video, doing vox pops, and me ‘embarrassing’ myself.

Jess Rogers - Interview Highlights

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This interview showcases the best parts of a conversation I had with one of the Top finalists for Floored '23 - A designer rug-tufting competition for students doing the Certificate IV course in Interior Design at TAFE NSW. I was there because I am a Journalism student who also studies at TAFE NSW.  One of the tasks I was given was to interview on of these graduates and prizewinners in the competition. You can also read the full post on Word Press:  Interviewing People at Floored '23 .

Happy Caturday, A trip down memory lane, and why I'm studying journalism.

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I always loved radio - particularly specialist/special interest programs, and those featuring certain kinds of music.  Back in 2001, I did a Radio Training Course with 2rrr (88.5 FM) and long back in the days before the Internet was a thing.  I never was given any airtime, but that didn't stop me from tuning in to a few of my favourite programs on 2rrr, 2rdj, Triple J, Triple M, 2ser and so forth. So, earlier this year, I attended two workshops at Ultimo TAFE (next door to the UTS and across from the ABC).  One was on starting your own online radio station, the other was on making your own radio ad.  The above video shows me walking around the College Campus, showing my viewers what it is like at the college, and for anyone wanting to study Screen and Media at TAFE (and especially Journalism at Ultimo). Then they held an information session in February, and I enrolled in the Certificate IV in Screen and Media, specializing in Radio and Journalism.  This included the new 'growth

Still Busy with Journalism/Radio/Media studies

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 And I also have a new blog for TAFE (where I am studying Journalism and Radio).  Please check it out. Colleen Sedgwick for TAFE Media The first semester for 2024 has ended.  Unfortunately, my work for the subject, Creating Digital Content, hasn't.  One of my assignments or projects is to create a website (using Word Press, a platform I have yet to become familiar with.  I had only completed one Assessment task for this subject and that was to create a vertical social media video.  I completed this for Vivid Sydney (which wasn't quite as 'Vivid' as I expected it to be).   However, because the course I am doing focuses on content creation and journalism, it is to be an event coverage, where I have to make it two videos and then a website/blog to showcase them.  I attended an event called Floored '23.  I had to make a video of me interviewing one of the participants of this event (which was a design contest for Interior Design students for TAFE NSW, and all contestant

Throwback Thursday: Happy 4th of July

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For all my American readers especially.