Staff Profiles
Amy Forbes
BA, MA Communication (UP), MA Media Studies (New School for Social Research, New York USA as a Fulbright scholar), PhD Philippine Studies- Communication, Culture and Society (UP)
Amy worked as a print and broadcast journalist for over 15 years in Manila, Philippines. She was Associate Professor in communication and film at De La Salle University prior to joining Monash in 2004. Currently, she teaches Newsroom Practices and Theory, News Feature Writing, TV News Production and International Journalism.
In
2000, Amy became a Salzburg Seminar Fellow. She attended Session
383 "Media in the Age of Globalization" in Salzburg, Austria
with over 40 other journalists from around the world.
Amy currently writes a regular column for The Philippines Times based
in Melbourne.
Andrea Baker
RN (QLD), RM (UK), BA (Swinburne); Grad Dip (La Trobe);
PhD near completion,(Monash)
Teaching: Andrea Baker joined
Monash Journalism in July 2001. Before working at Monash, she lectured
in 'Radio Production' and 'Writing Across the Media',
at the Council for Adult Education (CAE), Swinburne and La Trobe
Universities.
At Monash University, Andrea teaches Broadcast
Journalism related subjects (JRN 2905, JRN 2907, JRN 3902); and is
responsible for the media internship program. In recent years she
has conducted international studies tours to media and journalism
outlets in New York City (North America); UK and Europe. In 2006, her teaching
of JRN 2905, 2907 and 3902 units was selected to be part of the Faculty
of Arts, Vice-Chancellor's Showcase of Excellence in Teaching.
Research: Andrea is near completion of a PhD which examines
Australian and North American tertiary students' consumption
of net-radio. She has given conference papers at various local, national
and international conferences and conducted research field trips
to Durban, South Africa (Sept, 2001); Barcelona, Spain (July, 2002);
New York City, USA
(April- July, 2005 & June-July 2006); Cairo, Egypt (July,
2006), Paris, France (July 2007). She has published widely and given
media commentary on ABC Radio National's Media Report and ABC
TV Media Watch
about her research. Since 2001, she has been an active member of
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
Industry: Andrea has worked in the Australian media for over
17 years. On Community radio, Andrea was the Executive Producer of
Women on the Line', Community Radio's National Women's
News and Current affairs program and won international, national
and local radio awards for her reportage of Native Title' and
Republican Debate'. At ABC Radio Andrea was a producer of the
3LO's drive time and produced radio documentaries for over 6
Radio National programs, including Background Briefing' where
she won a national award for her report on ATSIC. Her radio pieces
have broadcast on SBS, BBC and public radio in USA and
Canada. Andrea continues to work part time in the industry and is
an active member of the Australian Journalism Union- the Media, Entertainment
and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
Andrea was a seminal member
in establishing Community TV
in Melbourne, Victoria. In recent years she has moved in film making
and is an active member of the Australian Film Institute (AFI). Andrea
has a producer of an independent feature documentary for television
and produced a short film for Tropfest 2002. In 2006 Andrea co- produced
a 12- minute film about the Journalism field trip to New York City;
and in 2007 produced a 22- minute film about the field trip to UK and Europe. She
continues to write news and feature articles for various local, national
and international newspapers, magazines and journals.
Elizabeth Hart
BA Swinburne, Dip Ed Monash, M.Jour Wollongong, PhD in progress
Elizabeth Hart worked in regional press for ten years as a journalist and subeditor. In 1998 her editorial column won the Country Press Association Shakespeare Award for Excellence in Editorial Writing. She is currently completing a PhD on the education and training of regional and rural press journalists. Elizabeth taught non fiction writing and editing at TAFE and lectured in journalism at James Cook University before moving to Monash in 2001. Elizabeth teaches JRN1903 News Feature Writing, JRN2909/3909 Media Law, and JRN2910/3910 Journalism Ethics.
Usha Manchanda
BCom. (Accounting) Bombay - India , Postgrad Dip. (Journalism) Bombay - India , Master of Commerce (Applied Economics) Bombay - India , MA (Journalism) Michigan State - USA , Ph.D. (Journalism) The University of Queensland , Australia .
Usha has more than 20 years experience in journalism practice and journalism education. She has worked as a Journalist for a news agency, a newspaper and as a television correspondent. Some of the issues she has covered included terrorism in Kashmir, economic reforms in India, foreign investment, power crisis in India, infant mortality rate in the USA and issues affecting Michigan taxpayers. Usha has taught Journalism subjects such as Press Photography, Television Journalism, Documentary Making, News Writing, Investigative Journalism, Online Journalism, and International Media Systems at The University of Queensland, Curtin University of Technology and Monash University .