Katy Scott

Some major news for me – I’ve decided not to go back to uni this semester, and instead graduate with the qualification I am up to at the moment – a Graduate Diploma of Communications in Journalism. It just seems like the time is right to grasp as much of life as I can, and although I love uni, I think there’s a lot more to be learned out in the real world. I’m loving working at the mining company, though it’s not a path I plan to walk for too long; and I can’t wait to enter the world of publishing and start working with Menu Mag. I feel really good about this; I think it’s the right decision to make.

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There have been some interesting developments in my working life. I’m no longer in the Communications department at the mining company; the CEO’s PA took a shine to me and as she needed her own PA, I’m now part of the Office of the Chief Executive. This still includes a lot of writing, and I have a seat in the fast lane of a big company – all good!

I’m also going to be joining Menu Magazine a bit more permanently. Apparently the editor and publisher of the magazine were pretty impressed with the work I did for them last year, and as the then-editor was leaving, they asked me to come on board as the new editor. I haven’t started yet, but I’m looking forward to it – I think the experience I gain there will be incredible.

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I’ve just started working for a major Perth mining company, temping in their communications department. The skills I’ve picked up along the way with Photoshop are certainly coming in handy, as I’ve had to design ads, posters and – what has consumed my life over the past few weeks – the company Christmas cards!

It’s a lot of fun so far, and it’s actually the first time I’ve worked in an office. Any writing that needs to be done for the company generally lands on my desk, and as mining was never really my forte before, it’s been a definite challenge.

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Good news – I received a Highly Commended award for Best Print Feature by a Postgraduate Student in the 2007 OSSIE Awards for Journalism Students. It was for the feature I wrote in first semester, How to start your own religion: The how-to guide that might actually work.

The awards are held nationally, and are entered by most universities with a journalism program. Edith Cowan University received the most awards out of the WA universities, and came second nationally.

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Some major things have been going on, but uni’s been so much lately that I’ve hardly had time to even check my email. But uni’s over for the semester, so here’s what’s been happening in my life lately:

I’ve finished my thesis proposal. It’s in the process of being approved by the ethics committee (shouldn’t be a problem there), then from next February, I’ll be doing my research and writing. My topic is the state of the Australian Fourth Estate, and I’ll be using the Mohamed Haneef situation as a case study.

The news site 3rd Degree has finished for the semester, with one of my own articles featuring on the front page for the next three months until next semester’s journalism students take up the reigns.

At the conclusion of 2007’s 3rd Degree, some awards were handed out amongst the 50 or so students writing for the news site. I received awards for “Best ‘Tunes’ article”, “Best ‘About ECU’ article”, “Best teamwork in the spelling/grammar subbing team” and “Excellent writing style”. I was pretty pleased.

I headed down to Albany last weekend to do a restaurant review for Perth mag Menu Magazine. The food at Tanglehead Brewery was fantastic so it wasn’t a hard review to do – and the fact that I’m plugging them here is testament to how good they were.

I’ve also just started doing reviews for Perth Blues Club. I interviewed Chicago bluesman Jody Williams last week, and man, did he have some stories to tell. I’ve since been asked to think about sitting him down, gleaning all his stories, and writing a book about him – but if this happens it won’t be until next year.

There’s some other events in the pipeline so I’ll be keeping this updated. But for the next week, I’m taking a trip to Malaysia to celebrate finishing my Grad Dip.

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Two weeks ago I received my first commission for a paid article. After researching, interviewing, writing, and answering calls at 7am due to the time differences across Australia, my article about Australian bioprospecting legislation was published today on BioTechnologyNews.net.

I interviewed several people for the article, including WA Minister for Resources and Industry and Enterprise Francis Logan. I conducted this interview in person, after a biotech industry update at UWA’s Molecular Sciences building. Logan is the most, shall we say, ‘important’ person I’ve interviewed so far.

Hopefully BTN will like me enough to keep sending more commissions my way.

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