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Ms Andrea Baker

Lecturer

Andrea Baker, RN (QLD), RM (UK), BA (Swinburne); Grad Dip (La Trobe); PhD is 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, Andrea has taught:

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, for example,
i) 2006, North America (New York City)
TV: BBC America; David Letterman Show, CBS TV ; Inside CNN TV; Fox TV; CUNY TV; WCBS TV.
Radio: Air America Radio; City University of New York's (CUNY) Staten Island Radio
Global news agencies: United Nation's Media Unit [TV, Radio, Print & online], Reuters News Agency & Bloomberg News Agency
Embassies: Australian Embassy to the UN, Manhattan, New York City.
Alternative media: Fair Reporting; Media Channel & Global Vision [documentary and online news service]
Street press: Time Out (New York) magazine; AM New York newspaper; Metro newspaper.
Universities: New York University's School of Journalism; Columbia University's School of Journalism; CUNY's School of Journalism.
ii) 2007, United Kingdom, Belgium & France
TV: BBC TV Centre and BBC World
Global news agencies: Reuters (London, UK), Bloomberg (London, UK); Agence France Presse, (Paris, France), UNESCO 's Media Unit, Paris, France); European Commission's Media Unit, Brussels, Belgium.
Embassies: Australian Embassy's Public Relations Media Unit, Brussels, Belgium.
Newspapers: The Times & The Guardian newspapers; Haymarket Media Group.
UK-based universities: Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the study of journalism; Institute of War and Peace Reporting; City University's MA in International Journalism; London School of Fashion's MA in Fashion Journalism; Monash University's London College where an Ex-Pat Journalist forum was held, and the following journalists attended:
- James Button, European correspondent The Age and Sydney Morning Herald;
- Phillip Knightly who writes for The Times;
- Brigid Delaney, former Sydney Morning Herald, now online editor with CNN.com
- Bonnie Malkin, former Sydney Morning Herald now a reporter with The Telegraph.

Teaching Awards

In 2006, her teaching of JRN 2905, 2907 and 3902 units was selected to be part of Monash's 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.

Research Interests / Publications

Research Interests

Journalism internships; radio and Internet histories (public, community and commercial radio); environmental journalism, music journalism; press censorship and FoI, alternative media; radio and Internet regulation; community television, net radio, British Cultural Studies (1960-1990s); USA, UK & European media, Youth media, media ethnography and quantitative research.
Media coverage about her research:
ABC TV Media Watch, June 2007.
SBS Alchemy, September 2005.
ABC Radio National, July 2005.

Books

‘New York City, 18 Media Places in 21 days', in negotiation with 2 publishing houses.
‘Issues in Broadcast Journalism', compilation of guest talks from JRN 2905 Radio Journalism and JRN 2907 Broadcast Journalism (2001-2007), e – Monash.
‘Youth and Net Radio consumption, in negotiation with 2 publishing houses, for example, Sage International, UK.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

2007, July, ‘Youth, net-radio, a three –tiered subculture, Conference proceedings, International Association for Media and Communications Conference, Paris, France. .
2006, July, ‘Net Radio Generation', Conference proceedings, International Association for Media and Communications Conference, Cairo, Egypt, pp.3-6.
2005, September, Local News on regional TV , 005, September, Communications Update, Communications Law Centre, Issue 167, pp.2-5.
2005, July, The Banker, BAFTA and Sting, Metro Education.
2005, December, ‘Internet radio grabs multicultural youth', Australian Mosaic, Issue 12, No 4, pp.23-25.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

2007, July, ‘Youth net-radio consumption, a two tier subculture', International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Paris, France.
2007, June, ‘Net-radio and media consumption in USA, UK and Europe', Arts in Action, Monash University, Caulfield campus.
2006, July, ‘Net Radio Generation', International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Cairo, Egypt.
2005, ‘Net-Radio Generation, International Radiocracy Conference, RMIT, Victoria, Australia.
2003, November, ‘Music Journalism Education and the Internet', Journalism Education Conference, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia.
2003, December, Desperately Seeking an Internet Radio Audience', Media and Communications Conference, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2002, July, ‘Internet Radio in Australia (poster)', International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Barcelona,
Spain.
2002, September, ‘Development of Internet Radio Stations in Australia'; This is Not Art Festival, University of Newcastle, NSW.
2001, September, ‘Development of Internet Radio Stations in Australia', International Radiocracy Conference, Durban, South Africa.

COMPETITVE GRANTS:

2007, July, HUMCASS, Faculty of Arts, $1500 for International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Paris, France.
2006, July, HUMCASS, Faculty of Arts, $1500 for International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Cairo, Egypt.
2005, April, Faculty of Arts, $1200 for research field trip to City University of New York, Brooklyn campus.
2004, January, Faculty of Arts, $149 for future conference attendance.
2003, November, HUMCASS, $769, Journalism Education Conference, Sydney, and Melbourne University, Media and Communications Conference, December,
2002, June, Faculty of Arts, $2,000, International Association for Media and Communications Research Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
2001, September, HUMCASS Grant, $1,500, International Radiocracy Conference.

Contact Details

Phone:
03 9903 2648
Fax:
03 9903 2795
Office:
B4.23
Email:
Andrea.Baker@arts.monash.edu.au
Address:
Journalism Section
School of Humanities, Communications & Social Sciences
Monash University, Caulfield Campus
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East 3145

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