#METOO: WHAT IS THE REAL COST?
By Dorothy Thompson. I read today with sadness, a beautifully written story by a young woman journalist Karlie Rutherford, it was published in The Daily read more …Continue reading #METOO: WHAT IS THE REAL COST?
By Dorothy Thompson. I read today with sadness, a beautifully written story by a young woman journalist Karlie Rutherford, it was published in The Daily read more …Continue reading #METOO: WHAT IS THE REAL COST?
By Clare Winterbourn, Born Bred Talent. In what five years ago, you would have thought impossible, a recent post by “high profiled” social influencer “Kylie read more …Continue reading SNAP, CRACKLE & CRASH: The inexplicable power of Influencers!
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. Without doubt, the biggest weight on any new freelancer’s shoulders is what to charge. Is it read more …Continue reading PRICING FOR FREELANCE NEWBIES: It’s not about what you charge
By Marcus Honesta. From bodies in barrels, to kidnappings in the Outback and sex in the suburbs, South Australia’s capital is also known as the read more …Continue reading ADS WE WISH WERE NEVER MADE: What was he thinking????
By Libby Gandhi. Black Panther could have buckled under the weight of expectation. 24 years in the making, dripping with racial and historical poignancy, it read more …Continue reading Film Review: Black Panther
By Dorothy Thompson. Now the dust has settled on the “Christmas” Whops…. Summer? School? I’m not even sure what we are supposed to call them read more …Continue reading POLITICALLY CORRECT SANTA
OWNER & HOST OF THE MALAYA. RIP. By Mike Canavan. If you’ve been in the advertising, production, marketing, media, sales, television or the radio business read more …Continue reading FAREWELL LANCE WONG.
By Marcus Honesta. I’m oft to wonder why stories get started; but more importantly what was the motivating force behind them. At a particular time, read more …Continue reading THIS IS THE REAL CRISIS IN TV COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION BUSINESS.
By Libby Gandhi. #MeToo is a watershed cultural moment. Going from strength to strength over recent months the campaign has effected awards ceremonies, international politics, read more …Continue reading The Origins and Omissions of #MeToo
Interview by Libby Gandhi. International comedy Director, Dave Wood, has been celebrated at AWARD, AXIS, LIA, New York Festivals and British Arrows, having produced witty read more …Continue reading INTERVIEW: Director Dave Wood
By Dorothy Thompson. Well it’s official; as if there was any doubt at all, Kyle Sandilands is a complete unmitigated, obdurate, dolt! Although he is read more …Continue reading “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY KYLE”!
By Dorothy Thompson. In a recent quote from Kathy Lette at the launch of her latest book (you will remember she was the author of read more …Continue reading THE GLASS CEILING: Does it really exist?
As told to Marcus Honesta. In “The Last Chapter” of my sit downs with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I read more …Continue reading WHERE DO ADVERTISING AGENCIES COME FROM?
by Libby Gandhi. Women in Film and Television New South Wales (WIFT NSW) have partnered with UK-based Raising Films to cast a spotlight on the read more …Continue reading Raising Films arrives in Australia
By Dorothy Thompson & Mark Ritson. Love him, hate him; but do not dismiss his views. Ritson is blunt, some might say rude, crude and read more …Continue reading WHATEVER THE MEDIUM, FAKERY IS THE NEW REALITY
By Marcus Honesta. In the normal tranquil seas that lap upon the shores of the BBC UK (now that dreadful Jeremy Clarkson has gone), things read more …Continue reading MY DEAR FELLOW I SAY: WE DIDN’T SEE THIS ONE COMING.
By Dorothy Thompson It’s all over the headlines “FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY”. This in not my claim, it is being said by the very read more …Continue reading FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY’
By Alex Wadelton, Consulting Creative Director and Writer…and Happiest Person in the World. I work as a writer in the advertising industry. Have done for read more …Continue reading Why I changed my by-line on LinkedIn to “Happiest person in the world.”
By Jeff Apter. There’s a great moment in the film High Fidelity where Rob Gordon (John Cusack) lists his five dream jobs. No 1: “Journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, read more …Continue reading ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM MUSIC MAG
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. As one who has spent time playing in both creative corners, I thought I’d share some tidbits read more …Continue reading FREELANCE V PERMANENT: A Guide To Both Sides