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Ms Andrea Baker

Lecturer, Journalism

RN (QLD), RM ( UK), BA (Swinburne); Grad Dip (La Trobe); PhD is near completion, (Monash)

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)


ii) 2007, United Kingdom, Belgium & France

Industry

Andrea’s media career began in the 1990s in Melbourne when she was appointed executive producer of community radio’s international women’s news and current affairs program, Women on the Line, eventually becoming a producer at ABC Radio National for Women Out Loud; Background Briefing, Radio Eye; Bush Telegraph; Hindsight, Comfort Zone and Media Report. Her radio work has broadcast on SBS, BBC and public radio in USA and Canada.

In 1999 Andrea’s Background Briefing report on ATSIC was Highly Recommended in the Louis Johnston’s Memorial Media Award for Excellence in Australian Indigenous Broadcasting. That year the 8 part series, ‘Women and Native Title’, which Andrea produced for Women on the Line was Finalist in the Louis Memorial Media Awards and won the Katherine Davenport Award (USA) for ‘Best Women’s News Story’.

In 1996 she won two radio awards for reportage about women’s health issues: State and Suburban Finalist in the Victorian Medical Benefits Fund Health and Well-being Awards.

Research

Andrea has recently submitted her PhD examining the net-radio consumption by Australian and North American journalism students; and is a regular delegate at the annual International Association for Media and Communications Conferences (IAMCR). She has received media coverage about her research in The Age, Australian, and UK newspapers and given expert commentary on ABC TV’s Media Watch (2007); SBS’s Alchemy (2005) and ABC Radio National’s Media Report (2005). Her research interests include:

Publications

2009,Youth, net-radio subcultures, monograph pending.

2009, Youth net-radio subcultures, Journal of Ethnography, (Currently under peer review).

2008, ‘A study tour of New York City, Internationalizing the Monash journalism program’, Australian studies in Journalism, (Currently under peer review).

2008 ‘An international survey of tertiary students' media habits, Australian Journalism Review, (Currently under peer review).

2008, ‘Tales of two, tertiary student net-radio stations, North American & Australian case study’, Australian Journalism Review (Currently under peer review).

2007, ‘Youth, net-radio, a three –tiered subculture, Conference proceedings, IAMCR, Paris, France.

2006, ‘Net Radio Generation’, Conference proceedings, IAMCR, Cairo, Egypt: 3-6.
2005, ‘Local News on regional TV’, Communications Update, Communications Law Centre, 167: 2-5.

2005, ‘The Banker, BAFTA and Sting’, Metro Education, 36.

2005, ‘Internet radio grabs multicultural youth', Australian Mosaic, 12 (4): 23-25.

2004, ‘Qnoors, net-radio project’, RealTime magazine, NSW.

2002, Chapter 8, ‘Reporting on gender issues’, Journos on Journalism, CELTS publications, Monash University.

Conference Papers

IAMCR, Mexico (2009); Paris (2007); Cairo (2006); Barcelona (2002).

International Radiocracy Conference, Melbourne (2005); South Africa (2001).

JEA, Sydney, (2003)

Communications Conference, University of Melbourne, (2002).

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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