List of figures
Foreword Catharine Lumby
Introduction Agata Mrva-Montoya, Cheryl O’Byrne and Pam Walker
1 The birth: beginnings of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney Marco Stojanovik
2 Infant program leaps to prominence: MECO from 2006 to 2013 Johanna Ellersdorfer
3 Navigating growth and change: MECO from 2014 to 2022 Pam Walker, Nikbanoo Ardalan and Yonglin (Tina) Zhu
4 Convergent media: when MECO met Digital Cultures Olga Boichak and Chris Chesher
5 In search of a place to call home: MECO buildings Chris Gillies
6 “The glue that holds MECO together”: Digital Media Unit Alexandra Spence
7 Imparting wisdom: journalists teaching journalism Tim Piccione
8 Teaching undergraduate students to question, to innovate … and to push back Cheryl O’Byrne and Cindy Cameronne
9 Story-making in a global context: the Master of Media Practice Cheryl O’Byrne and Anna Jenica Bacud
10 “I came because I could find no other degree like it”: Digital Cultures Cheryl O’Byrne
11 Between theory and practice: teaching public relations Cheryl O’Byrne and Sylvie Chen
12 “A community of practice and professional discourse”: the Master of Publishing Agata Mrva-Montoya
13 Crossing disciplines to improve lives: the Master of Health Communication Olaf Werder
14 Building confidence and courage: internships Kiran Gupta
15 From The Korea Herald to the Bangkok Post: Overseas Fellowship Program Weien Su and Cheryl O’Byrne
16 “A critical part of the MECO family”: higher degree research students Agata Mrva-Montoya and Penny O’Donnell
17 Enlarging perspectives: networks of domestic research partnerships Jenny Welsh
18 Going global: the internationalisation of MECO Pam Walker
19 How to survive a pandemic Rebecca Bowman and Victoria Wills
20 Digital and post-digital futures for communications: MECO in the 2020s and beyond Terry Flew
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