Bronwen Clune
Bronwen’s first story as a journalist was covering a meeting on how to attract ladies to the town of Narrogin, WA, to marry the local farmers. She got lots of winks that day and it’s been downhill since then. Her next story was covering a sheep auction.
Luckily she was seconded back to Perth where she worked at The West Australian before freelancing and naively embarking on an ambitious effort to save journalism. Yes, she has delusions of grandeur.
She has just been elected to be on the board for the Foundation for Public Interest Journalism where she hopes to at least make somewhat of a contribution to achieving that goal.
She’s enjoying having the time to write again in between running her own company, Norg Media, and speaking on the future of media at various events. When she’s not doing that she’s likely to be dancing like nobody’s watching.
She blogs at bronwenclune.com and you can follow her on Twitter here.
Articles by Bronwen Clune
The alien film that’s a true story - sort of
Popular science fiction has long explored the themes of race, racial tolerance, isolation and segregation. Alien species as a metaphor…... Read more
How to get along with geeks: A seven-point guide
A few years ago, I worked in a co-working space called Silicon Beach House - it was our play on…... Read more
Apprentice’s tale: mums don’t lose personality in birth
I have four children. That’s not an easy thing for me to admit in public. It’s not that I am…... Read more
Six million Australians are selling their lives to Facebook
I am a social media whore. That’s the point of it all right? There’s a lot you can know about…... Read more
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marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
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