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After driving like a really long way.. I got to meet Leeandra Norman who it turns out is a kindred spirit. I'm making a video on Lee Loves Cooking a local business in the Atherton Tablelands that my colleague Susan Yeeles Small Business Financial Counsellor has been working with through the COVID pandemic. But Lee and I talked non stop about living in PNG, diets, cooking, growing food, non neurotypical people, Western Qld especially Hughenden and the value of a service/servant heart.
You know you're working in outback Queensland in a heat wave when you start getting sweat patches on your shirt just sitting at the desk. And I'm not talking just a little I'm talking the kind builders get when they are erecting saunas in the middle of the desert at midday or I don't know like you'd get if you were playing golf in a tracksuit on the surface of the sun. Thank God I'm not out filming today. My hat is off to the manual, outdoor workers today!! And before you say it .... I know its a dry heat!!!
Can you safely drive a vehicle to a destination when asked, can you tell witty jokes to stressed-out city cameramen/women, do you have a supply of red snakes or other travel snacks you are willing to share? I'm looking for several drivers available to drive cast and crew of a TV program during filming in Winton and Longreach on the 9th and 10th of October. You may need to drive a hire car so must have an open licence. Contact me on the details below asap to be considered.
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I'm looking for doers, who can follow direction and take initiative when required to assist in behind the scenes support role for reality TV program shoot in Winton and Longreach on the 9th & 10th October. Potential to work one or both days. Contact details below.
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Tuesday September 15, 2020 Advertisement Advertisement Today's top stories Oxford University study that says we should walk away from Qld's Olympic bid Could Cairns become the quarantine hub that gets Aussies home for Christmas? Public servants lead $710m dash for cash from QSuper retirement funds Q...
Working with McKenna we recorded sisters Joyce Crombie and Jean Barr Crombie on country at Birdsville western Queensland to help them launch their 1st clothing designs - Red Ridge the Label - supported by arts group Red Ridge Interior. The designs are beautiful but not as beautiful as why they are sharing their stories with the world. Maeve and I will now start working on a documentary project with the women supported by . Stay tuned
There are some stories that are an absolute privilege to tell, this is one of those.
You'll be hearing a lot more about these incredible women Joyce Crombie and Jean Barr from the talented Maeve McKenna and I as we continue to document their story.
Kevin Barr Bill Riddiford Red Ridge Interior Queensland Ltd Rapad Vogue Lorraine Kath Joyce Crombie Jean Barr
I have been working along side these ladies and the hard working Louise Campbell at -interior since early this year when they took their work to Melbourne Fashion Week....now look at them in a few months a clothing line modelled in this video by their children and grandchildren beautifully captured by Maeve McKenna my newest partner in crime. More power to you Joyce Crombie and Jean Barr!! I'm packing for Paris!
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There are some stories that are an absolute privilege to tell, this is one of those. You'll be hearing a lot more about these women from the talented and I. .com.au .kath
I've had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with some awesome professionals from the big smoke the last fortnight but it was such a highlight to work with lovely local lady snapper Lorraine Kath who will not appreciate this photo but I love it...her working creatively in her landscape with her friends cant get more rewarding...except if you get to work with her! Despite the tough conditions it was a great shoot!!
Sunrise out on the boards. Day 4 shooting and talking all things sheep, wool, goats and fencing. Mt Ascott Merinos.
Not all the jobs are glamourous - temps in the single digits, standing in an abbattoir yards - but it really is a fantastic story
From very familar country (Roma under fog!! Didnt factor fog into the travel time) to very infamilar country (1st time ever to visit Talwood) to talk to a famer, agronomist and selection of USQ soil scientists about a study looking at soil core samples to better understand soil variability and develop better management. Feeling very lucky to be working with a crew too AGLeap
So refreshing to do a story with successful, knowledgable media business people who have faith there's a way to provide sustainable, even profitable local news service. Especially when most of the commentary is negative.
As a side note pretty cool to be back in touch with Pete van Boven - via my best friend when I was 5, and his brother Lucas Van Boven.
Best of luck new local papers!
The Longreach Leader West Qld Echo
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One of the perks of being a journalist is being able to be there when the decision is announced, view the preview first, be let into practice runs and go behind the scenes. I always felt as a journalist I was often one of the first to observe, watch or experience.
Now that I also run a media consultancy, advising and supporting organisations to launch a product or experience or get media interest in their venture or issue, I realise that media advisors get access that even journalists don't.
One word of advice for anyone wanting to plan a launch from a comms point of view don't leave it too late to plan otherwise you will be limited on what you can offer the media - which is particularly important if you are rural or remote and the chances of getting the media to come to you are slim.
For I was able to provide a strategic media engagement plan, develop talking points, interview coaching, stills, footage, media release and other support for the launch of their new Luminescent Longreach light and sound experience - which is spectacular....and being one of the first to see it was very special ;)
I'm part of the duo (with Jayne Cuddihy) that produces the podcast There's an Elephant in my Paddock.
Here is why I went to my boss 18 months ago and asked him to get behind a podcast for the Rural Financial Counselling Service North Queensland.
Podcasting has been around for decades. In the mid-2000s I blew Wendy Bacon - my journalism lecturer's mind - when I wrote a paper about it.
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https://inqld.com.au/statewide/2020/05/25/rain-at-last-but-now-western-farms-being-devastated-by-grasshoppers/
Here's the online story of the TV story on tourism and wildflowers in Western Queensland. Lisa Alexander David Neal
Parts of outback Queensland have erupted into a carpet of native wildflowers after late summer rain in the region, but tourists are not allowed to visit them.
I want to say this story was a pleasure to shoot and write but that would not be quite accurate... it was a pain to shoot I lost any creative idea of how to shoot a field of flowers that all look the same, I was very lucky to have a very talented photographer with me to consult with Lisa Alexander Lisa Alexander Photography. I burnt my retinas out looking at the setting sun for good lighting and returned home with prickles in my knees and backside from crawling around in the flowers. The tent shoot was easier but the shadows kept getting in the way and the wind was something else getting Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, Queensland shots. I always find out in the field I lose my confidence I can't see in the view finder properly in harsh sun and nothing seems good enough. I often feel claustrophic like I can't see clearly. So it is a great relief to get out of the field and see what the footage looks like.
But it really is a true pleasure to deliver this kind of story that shows the outback at its best with inspirational people.
Safe to say I have a love hate relationship with being a video journalist
Last week 7.30 and Marty Edward asked me to head out to Amanda Amy Button and Hugh Vivian Button place to film for this story. Marty has done a great job taking the footage and weaving it into an important story with national impact. I get huge satisfaction putting people from my own community front and centre of national discussions about issues that affect their lives
https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/farmers-still-in-drought-fighting-to-not-be/12221710
Early start... favourite leather jacket...just waiting for a motorbike to pick me up Tony John Martin jacket
Attempted artistic truck filming for ABC News 7.30 with Hugh Vivian Button and Amanda Amy Button. Marty Edward story on drought policy on your TV this week. 🤞 AgForce Queensland
I've been called many things - this is the first time "and staff" 😜
Parts of regional and rural Queensland want strict coronavirus controls relaxed because there have not been any cases, but the state's Chief Health Officer says that is not going to happen just yet.
I understand camel pies are unlikely to be on the menu...
Iconic Birdsville Bakery is under new ownership.
Some habits just dont die...back at ABC Western Queensland for the next 6 weeks around other commitments.
If you've got any stories you think need covering would be really happy to hear from you.
I've been working on this podcast for the past year with Jayne Cuddihy. It started as a panel program but has grown and changed into a three interview discussion and we are both happy with how it sounds now. Its very rewarding to work with someone else who is happy to change and finesse a piece of work into something you're happy to put out to the world.
This episode is a must for anyone in agriculture but especially for young women and the parents of young women keen on a life in agriculture.
Big thanks to Edwina Robertson for being brave enough to ask the question and Joy McClymont for helping with interviewee suggestions. :)
https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=597078
Rural photographer Edwina Robertson asks when Australia will have it's reckoning in regards to sexual harassment in rural Australia. According to some commentators, we're too late- but all agree we are at crisis point and attitudes and employment systems need to change. Join host Nicole Bond and pro...
Filed a story for this morning and out filming for
Tell your travelling friends come back in 2021!
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From Birdsville to Melbourne - some how I don't think this story will end here. Fantastic, inspirational, exciting Joyce and Jean, well done Red Ridge Interior Queensland Ltd. Well told Jess Lodge
I know this is just the beginning. Brilliant work Joyce, Jean and Red Ridge! Great story Jess Lodge
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Working with @Maeve McKenna we recorded sisters Joyce Crombie and Jean Barr Crombie on country at Birdsville western Queensland to help them launch their 1st clothing designs - Red Ridge the Label - supported by arts group Red Ridge Interior. The designs are beautiful but not as beautiful as why they are sharing their stories with the world. Maeve and I will now start working on a documentary project with the women supported by @griffithfilmschool. Stay tuned #passionproject
I want to say this story was a pleasure to shoot and write but that would not be quite accurate... it was a pain to shoot I lost any creative idea of how to shoot a field of flowers that all look the same, I was very lucky to have a very talented photographer with me to consult with Lisa Alexander Lisa Alexander Photography. I burnt my retinas out looking at the setting sun for good lighting and returned home with prickles in my knees and backside from crawling around in the flowers. The tent shoot was easier but the shadows kept getting in the way and the wind was something else getting Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, Queensland shots. I always find out in the field I lose my confidence I can't see in the view finder properly in harsh sun and nothing seems good enough. I often feel claustrophic like I can't see clearly. So it is a great relief to get out of the field and see what the footage looks like. But it really is a true pleasure to deliver this kind of story that shows the outback at its best with inspirational people. Safe to say I have a love hate relationship with being a video journalist
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