

Radio gets behind research
In my last post I discussed the importance of charities in the Australian market. A new piece of research on the Australian charity and not-for-profit sector that I have championed within Chaos Media was released this week. It is both humbling and gratifying when the media pick up on your work and bring it into the public arena. I am incredibly thankful to so many of the news media that I have spoken to over the past week. If you are interested in learning more you will find


Giving back through insight
Media has a significant influence over how potential donors give to a not-for-profit or charitable organisation. Glenda Wynyard has champion


Australian Radio Industry
Early on in my career I was privileged to spend time with American creative director, Stan Freyberg, who was so passionate about radio advertising that you just couldn't help but become more engaged with the medium. Stan's ability, on behalf of his clients, to utilise radio as an audio based 'visual' medium effectively was a wonderful gift to the advertising industry. Radio, in Australia, now is a multi-platform medium accessed through analogue and digital broadcast receiver


Binge viewing right now
If you like a really good quality, British crime drama (that isn't full of American cop show car chases) then The Fall is a television series that is well worth viewing. Filmed and set in Northern Ireland, the series which was created and written by Allan Cubitt, stars Gillian Anderson as an incredibly complex and layered DSI Stella Gibson. Jamie Dornan plays the equally complex family man come serial killer, Paul Spector, disturbingly well. The title is apparently a referenc


Back to the future for cinema
Did you know that the first feature length multi-reel film was a 1906 Australian production? Today, Australia hosts a raft of blockbuster movies and the country's screens have just hosted blockbuster franchise Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Strange is soon to be followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok in 2017. You can read my commentary on the reinvention of cinema thanks to the likes of Marvel's success is over on the Media Precinct blog. #Cinema #GlendaWynya


SBS brings Viceland to Australia
The Vice lifestyle and culture TV channel launches in Australia this week (Tuesday, November 15), taking over SBS 2 with the channel to be rebranded as SBS Viceland. Both the TV and online platforms and will be available to Australians for free. If you like media as much as I do, head on over to the Chaos Media website for more. #ChaosMedia #GlendaWynyard #Viceland #SBS2 #SBS #TV


A slice of Australian culture
The beaches of Australia are synonymous with surfing so it is only fitting that The History Channel is set to premier its new series, Men of Wood & Foam, on December 14. This is the story of the pioneers of the Australian surfboard industry known affectionately as the Brookvale Mafia. Even if you aren't a surfer but want an insight into a slice of Aussie culture then it looks like it will be well worth watching. If you would like to watch a preview then head on over to Media