National Student Media Conference

The National Student & Emerging Media Conference (NSEMC) is a conference in Newcastle, New South Wales Australia. It is part of the larger This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival.

Background

The National Student & Emerging Media Conference (NSEMC) forms part of the This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival. The NSEMC is entirely staffed by volunteer coordinators under 25, who have strong links with student media and youth organisations throughout Australia. Over the past eight years, the NSEMC has brought together student media producers, emerging media makers, editors, designers, artists, journalists and writers for five days of learning, collaborating, skills sharing and networking. However, anyone is welcome to attend the conference - the more the merrier!

Delegates have learnt about social issues surrounding their work, interacted with media professionals and gained insights into the political economy and social impacts of their profession. Young media practitioners are educated about social justice and cultural issues, providing them with the skills to incorporate these ideas and concerns into their work.

The panels and seminars cover a diverse range of topics, from hands-on skills development and tutorials, through to critical discourse and analysis of the current trends and issues surrounding the media in Australia. Topics are not limited to student and independent media; Many discuss issues in the commercial and mainstream media, however emphasis is always placed on what can be learnt from this broader scope and applied to student/indy media.

Who? The National Student & Emerging Media Conference is open to any young people who are involved or interested in developing media – film, radio, TV, print or web. Our 2005 audience represented over 80% of all student media publications in Australia.

When? Thurs September 28 – Monday 02 October 2006Where? Various venues in Newcastle, NSW

What? The conference itself contains a mixture of student & emerging media specific workshops, issue based panels, networking opportunities and special events.

How do I register? Registrations details and forms will be available soon.

Why register? Certain sessions of the NSEMC this year are registration only, as the conference can’t run on love alone. Registration also gets you a flashy kit which contains the special NSEMC program, additional information about the conference and Newcastle, maps of venues, an identification tag and fun things to play with. Registration also helps us to fly in better speakers and give more assistance to students from remote campuses, and late payment means that we can’t run the conference. So please pay early.

What is TINA? We are not alone in Newcastle every October long weekend, as we form part of the much larger This Is Not Art festival (TINA). TINA is an umbrella term for 6 different conferences and festivals that all take place in Newcastle during the October long weekend. They are:

* Electrofringe * Sound Summit * National Young Writers Festival * Critical Animals * Earthling

Throw in all manner of other events such as festival clubs, shops, zine fairs, gigs, street performances and even it’s own radio broadcast and you have the largest and most encompassing culture and arts festival in the nation! The name given to this conglomerate festival was taken from a piece of infamous graffiti that had long been prominently displayed (on what was then) Newcastle’s highest building.Check out a more detailed history of TINA here.

The environment created by the conference in conjunction with TINA encompasses both conventional and unconventional thinking, blending together the mainstream, the underground, the political, the artistic and poetic. The festival provides a viable structure for developing creativity and culture. It has been suggested that festivals such as TINA can play an important role in acting as a driver of social change, in place of the growing void which has been traditionally filled by universities.

Essential information

The National Student Media Conference is open to any young people who are involved or interested in developing media – film, radio, TV, print or web. The 2005 audience represented over 80% of all student media publications in Australia.

The conference itself contains a mixture of student media specific workshops, issue based panels, networking opportunities and special events.

ee also

*This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival
*List of festivals
*List of student newspapers in Australia

External links

* [http://www.studentmedia.org.au National Student & Emerging Media Conference Website]
* [http://www.thisisnotart.org This Is Not Art Website]