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Monash Journalism staff: Andrea Baker

Lecturer

Andrea Baker joined Monash University in July 2001. In 2009 Andrea is the unit coordinator for JRN 2905 Radio Journalism; JRN 2907 Broadcast Journalism and JRN 3902, Applied Journalism Research Project. In 2009 she will supervise 3 honours projects and is registered to supervise PhD students. Since 2006, Andrea has conducted study tours to journalism industry and academy outlets in the USA (2006, 2008), UK (2007, 2008) and Europe (2007). In 2006 and 2008 her teaching of JRN 2905, 2907 and 3902 units were selected to be part of Monash’s Faculty of Arts, Vice-Chancellor’s Showcase of Excellence in Teaching and in 2008 nominated for a national teaching award, Hert-B, Best Entrepreneurial Tertiary Educator. Previously, Andrea has taught journalism and media studies at Swinburne and La Trobe Universities; and held residencies at City University of New York’s (CUNY)’s Brooklyn College (2005) and Hunter College (2009) in New York City (USA).

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 journalism internships; study tours; radio, internet and net-radio histories (public, community and commercial radio); broadcast journalism histories; music journalism; indigenous media; press censorship and FoI, alternative media; community television, net radio, British Cultural Studies (1960-1990s); global journalism; USA, UK and European media, youth media, youth subcultures; media ethnography and quantitative research.

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).