Ursula Wharton Email & Phone Number

Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia

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Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia

ASIST and safeTALK trainer with the world's leading suicide intervention skills training organisation. Delivering workshops in Northern Rivers NSW and southeast QLD.

Byron B

Lecturer and tutor in multimedia storytelling.

Gold Coast

Lecturer and tutor in radio journalism.

Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Teaching radio journalism and first year journalism skills (while presenting/producing radio and raising our family).

Sunshine Coast

Producing and presenting 'Saturday Mornings' on ABC Local Radio 90.3 & 95.3FM, plus casual producing weekdays (while also teaching radio at university, writing a book for ENHM and raising a teen and toddler).

Gold Coast

Teaching radio journalism for semester 2, 2014 (travelling down weekly from the Sunshine Coast where I was presenting/producing radio and raising our family).

Brisbane

Developing and coordinating the CitizenJ program; an experimental pilot program in facilitating credible citizen journalism. I re-designed and oversaw the project, including mentoring and training programs, managing contributors, reviewing and editing content, reporting on the project's progress and outcomes. Chief observation: Just like you can't herd cats, citizen journalism requires us to work with contributors' intrinsic motivations, unique storytelling perspectives, absence of… Show more Developing and coordinating the CitizenJ program; an experimental pilot program in facilitating credible citizen journalism. I re-designed and oversaw the project, including mentoring and training programs, managing contributors, reviewing and editing content, reporting on the project's progress and outcomes. Chief observation: Just like you can't herd cats, citizen journalism requires us to work with contributors' intrinsic motivations, unique storytelling perspectives, absence of deadlines, and irregular publishing timeframes.Producing credible journalism requires a significant investment of time and energy and because of this, only highly motivated citizen journalists will persist. Show less

Gold Coast And Brisbane

Throughout 2008 I produced the Coastal Conversations and Drive programs hosted by Trevor Jackson. Throughout 2009 and 2010 I produced the Mornings program hosted by Nicole Dyer/Briony Petch. In 2011 and 2012 I was busy backfilling producer and cross media positions at 612 ABC Brisbane working on Mornings with Madonna King/Steve Austin, Drive/Afternoons with Kelly Higgins-Divine, Evenings with Steve Austin, creating cross media stories for on-air and online and even briefly filling in as the… Show more Throughout 2008 I produced the Coastal Conversations and Drive programs hosted by Trevor Jackson. Throughout 2009 and 2010 I produced the Mornings program hosted by Nicole Dyer/Briony Petch. In 2011 and 2012 I was busy backfilling producer and cross media positions at 612 ABC Brisbane working on Mornings with Madonna King/Steve Austin, Drive/Afternoons with Kelly Higgins-Divine, Evenings with Steve Austin, creating cross media stories for on-air and online and even briefly filling in as the producer for Conversations with Richard Fidler. Show less

Hobart

News Editor for the national radio talk show Across Australia with Charles Wooley and host of syndicated rural radio program Our Big Backyard.

Gold Coast

Producing and reading news bulletins for Gold FM, Sea FM and/or the national radio network formerly known as Macquarie Regional Radioworks.

Inverell, Nsw

District news reader for 2NZ and Gem FM.

Master Of Communication With Honours (First Class), Photojournalism, Online Journalism, Gpa: 6.93

My Honours work focussed on the Memory Box project: an exploration in multimedia digital biographies.

Bachelor Of Communication, Journalism And Contemporary Arts, Gpa: 6