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By Madolline Gourley In 2007, Billboard magazine named Brisbane as one of the world’s top international music destinations. Billboard, a US magazine devoted to all things music-related, said the city’s successful acts, such as Powderfinger, The Veronicas and Pete Murray, and booming music scene assisted in securing Brisbane a top five placing. Four years on, and several of Brisbane’s key music hotspots have or are in the process of closing. As jubilant fans waited patiently outside the locked gates of Brisbane’s Riverstage, preparations were under way for hip-hop sensation Bliss n Esso to perform live in front of a sellout crowd. Sounds of bustling roadies, stallholders and Riverstage crew could be heard far off as they rushed to meet the 6pm deadline.  Reporter Sophie Benjamin interviewing people after the floods By Sophie Benjamin I’m a multimedia journalist and so I’m not restricted by word counts, bulletin times or the limitations of any medium on its own. Even though I’m young and just barely into my career, I can’t imagine wanting to work in any other field of journalism. I’d started work with APN Online three weeks earlier, working as a multimedia journalist for their Finda site in Toowoomba. Read on » An emotional time covering the floods in Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley  Premier Anna Bligh (left) with reporter Graham Osborne (right) By Graham Osborne IF any student journalists have doubts about being bored stupid at a country newspaper then rest assured you’ll be anything but bored. In my first four months at the Chinchilla News there have been two floods, constant battles between gas and coal companies and landholders, and a Melon Festival thrown in to lighten the mood. Congratulations to QUT students who took out the 2010 awards for some of the best journalism produced over the past year. QUT News is working on an exciting new way of bringing you all the latest in local television news. QUT Journalism students will be the reporters and presenters of local stories, supported by a team of working journalists and industry professionals. |
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