Teaching Staff
Wendy Bacon is a Walkley-award winning journalist for reporting on corruption in NSW. Wendy teaches Investigative Research for Journalists for the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. Wendy pioneered the teaching of investigative journalism in Australia building on her own experience as an investigative journalist for The National Times, the Sun Herald, Channel Nine's Sunday program, Sixty Minutes, and the Special Broadcasting Service's overseas program Dateline. Wendy has taught investigative journalism at UTS since 1991, additionally she has trained journalists in Fiji, Papua and New Guinea and for John Fairfax and Sons in Australia.
Annette Blackwell: Former Sydney Bureau Chief at Australian Associated Press (AAP), Annette is a Lecturer in Print Journalism at UTS and teaches Sub-Editing Fundamentals for the ACIJ. Annette was the Editor of the Irish Echo, a national tabloid newspaper for the Irish Australian community. Prior to coming to Australia in 1991 she worked for 10 years for Independent Newspapers PLC in Dublin. The Independent is Ireland's main newspaper group. In Australia, Annette has worked as a casual sub-editor for Good Weekend magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Consolidated Press for Women's Weekly.
Shane Fitzgerald: A professional voice trainer to broadcasters and students and is currently the Sydney based voice coach at ABC News/Current Affairs. Shane has worked as a presentation skills trainer for the past 15 years. She has taught in various institutions, and worked as a broadcaster, performer and performance coach. Shane teaches the Voice for Radio & TV course.
Terree Gower: Teeline Shorthand Theory and Speed Practice and Shorthand Speed Development is taught by Terree for the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism. Terree has been teaching shorthand to journalists and others for many years and has selected Teeline as the most appropriate for journalists as it can be learnt relatively quickly. Terree is qualififed to instruct and adminiser shorthand tests to the nationally recognised Australian Standard AS2907.
Marcus O'Donnell has over 12 years experience working as a journalist and editor. Marcus previously lectured in journalism at UTS and currently lectures at the University of Wollongong. He has a special interest in writing for the web and has worked with designers, technicians and writers for large and small web sites. Marcus teaches Writing for the Web.
Jenna Price, is a journalist with 27 years experience; and since 1994, has worked as the Sydney Correspondent for the Canberra Times. She has covered news, written features and columns; and interviewed a wide range of subjects from Xanana Gusmao to Renee Zellweger. Before 1994, she worked at the Sydney Morning Herald as both a reporter and as an editor of a variety of sections in including Column 8, the Guide, Good Living, Money, Metro as well as starting the Agenda page which was a daily social issues page. She was seconded to the Times on Sunday for six months to be features editor. Jenna teaches journalism and the Writing for Publication short course at the University of Technology. She is also researching what effect blogging has on reporting.
Moshe Rosenzveig is an award winning television producer/director, photojournalist, commercial photographer and educator whose career in the visual arts and media spans 25 years. Moshe's television work has screened on SBS TV, ARTE, and other overseas networks. Moshe is the founder of Head On, an annual national photographic competition and exhibition. His photographic work was published in major local and international magazines, featured on CD and book covers and exhibited in various shows including the 2004 Sydney Festival. Moshe has taught in various institutions and worked as contributing writer and speaker at Digital Media World. He currently works as a photographer and teaches the Photojournalism short course.
Louise Williams is an award winning Australian journalist with considerable experience as a feature writer, columnist, lecturer and editor. Throughout her writing career, Louise's work has appeared primarily in Fairfax publications, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Louise has also written for The Independent (London), The Observer (London), Rolling Stone magazine, the Montreal Gazette and Readers Digest Magazine. Louise has written and contributed to a number of books and was the recipient of an Australia Council Asia Pacific Writers Fellowship. She has won a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism and a Citibank Pan Asia Journalism Award (in conjunction with Columbia University) for her work as a foreign correspondent in Asia, and was a finalist in the Walkley Awards for feature writing for her coverage of Arnhem Land. Louise teaches Magazine Feature Writing.
