History
Then and now, archives, Simon's era
6 articles tagged history, drawn from across the archive.
Hyphen-dash
You are mixing up the hyphen and the dash. A hyphen is this: - It's usually used to join words together such as 'joint-owners' or...
Press Freedom and the Conscription Story
In 1968 my father was sentenced to twenty-eight days in a military detention barracks for refusing to answer questions at an army...
Review, what is it
What is a review? By SIMON TOWNSEND What makes a good review? What is a badly conceived review? And anyway, what IS a review...
The NFSA: Australia's National Treasure for Journalists
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, the NFSA, is a working archive. It is also one of the most under-used research...
Then and Now: How Journalism Has Changed
Simon Townsend was a reporter in 1962. The typewriter on his desk was a Remington. Copy moved by pneumatic tube. The subeditors...
Typewriting and Handwriting
Student problems with typewriting and handwriting I can't believe it, but in today's world about two students a year say they...