Tuesday, 20 August 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
The Founders Room, Salamanca Arts Centre
77 Salamanca Pl
Battery Point, TAS 7004
Australia
Newspaper editors make daily decisions that affect public attitudes positively and negatively. Andrew Holman has been involved in print media for over 30 years, from being a cub reporter on Kangaroo Island in South Australia to Sports Editor then Deputy Editor of Adelaide's The Advertiser, to Editor at the Cairns Post, and now Editor of Hobart's The Mercury.
This Q&A session, hosted by Edge Radio Program Manager Mark Cutler, is an opportunity for Hobart's cultural and creative community to ask direct questions of the (relatively) new Editor, Andrew Holman, and to hear about the changes in print and online journalism, the future of advertising, editorial coverage of the arts, and how the Murdoch media operates locally, statewide and nationally.
Cultural life and cultural engagement in Tasmania play an important part of arts and arts education within a transitioning Tasmanian economy. This is your opportunity to ask the questions you want answered.
We invite you to submit questions about our local arts & creative industries, politics, media, local government, and education issues.
Send your questions for Andrew Holman direct to info@salarts.org.au by 12pm Friday August 16 for compilation for the Q&A forum. The interview and Q&A will run for approx 1 hour and drinks will be available to purchase from the bar on the night. Please arrive 5.15pm for a 5.30pm start. Free event, but numbers are limited. Please RSVP to confirm your seat.
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SAC presents - Meet Andrew Holman, Editor of The Mercury
An opportunity to learn about the (relatively) new Editor, Murdoch media, and The Mercury's role in culture and Creative Industries in Tas .
Tuesday 20 August at 5.30pm, SAC Founders Room.
Event will be free, there will be a paid bar, we will suggest donations towards the build of the Tas Creative Industries Council website.
He's a person of interest, he's come to this role from elsewhere - previous editors have grown up in Tasmania.
Editors make daily decisions that affect public attitudes positively and negatively.
He therefore has considerable power - how does he see his role and this responsibility?
Started his working life selling newspapers as a kid, then became a copy boy at 16...unusual as this was around the time that expectations of journalists were changing and journalists started to get degrees before employment.
Learn about the (relatively) new to Tas and new role as Mercury Editor, Murdoch media, and The Mercury's role in culture and Creative Industries in Tas .
We're likely to be in the lead-up to the Federal Election with a known date.
The Mercury appears to be running a much more positive and community-engaged line than in the past - is this his policy, Murdoch policy, astute strategy to increase advertising revenue...?
Also, following the federal election, SAC will be running a campaign for an upgrade to the buildings. We have been lobbying federally for a year, and we'll be lobbying state govt too in the run up to state election. Currently waiting on a date for the Premier to launch SAC research which shows that the combined conservatively estimated economic, cultural and social value of SAC to the community in 2012 was $52.5m.
Suggest that the chat style interview followed by Q&A runs for a total of 50 mins to an hour, depending on Andrew, you and audience engagement?
Cultural Life/cultural engagement in Tas, importance of arts and arts education, transitioning Tasmanian economy
Press the point on Mercury cultural content, arts editor role, publishing of reviews, etc etc
We'll seek questions in advance and will target an audience from arts & creative industries, politics, media, legal, government, education.