Australian academic and journalist Julie Posetti has joined WAN-Ifra as a research fellow, with a group of her Wollongong students set to join her.
Posetti will investigate and report on the future of journalism and newspapers after joining the worldwide organisation next month.
The 12-month research fellowship will see her reporting on innovation within the sector and undertaking research on the future of journalism, the future of newspapers and digital transformation within the media industry.
“This is a huge coup for Univeristy of Wollongong, and is testament to Julie’s passion for and capacity to embrace our digital futures, and particularly the ways in which web-based technologies are becoming an integral part of how we teach journalism,” says head of the arts, English and media Sarah Miller. “This research fellowship places her at the front line of transformative journalism.”
Posetti is currently completing a PhD through UOW on the ‘Twitterisation of Journalism’.
She is a former ABC journalist and PBS MediaShift correspondent who has developed and delivered extensive industry training in the fields of social media and audio/video journalism. She teaches convergent and social journalism at UOW.
“I’m very excited about this opportunity – both in terms of research and journalism practice,” she says. “Despite the gloomy future often predicted for journalism, I remain optimistic about the opportunities for industry transformation and I feel privileged to work at the frontline of these processes as a WAN-Ifra fellow.”
In addition to her fellowship, she has secured more than $20,000 in federal government funding to assist up to ten journalism students from UOW to undertake internships with WAN-Ifra during her time with the organisation.
The research fellowship commences next month in Paris where Julie Posetti will relocate with her family for the year.
Julie Posetti Tweets @julieposetti and you can follow her on Facebook. A list of her publications is here.