Okay so it is way late but today has been an excellent day re: getting places with journalism. Absolutely loving that Online and Advanced Broadcast are able to be based on stories from the same lead but, obviously, made appropriate to each with creation/pursuit of new angles to do that.
Had a very positive 'pitch' with my lecturer (Caroline Fisher) today (sheepishly I don't want to admit previous grumpiness/indignance at a recent reprimand) after which I was able, despite being in a post-three-back-to-back-classes slump at 2pm, to get myself to NLA to take advantage of prime afternoon sun in their courtyard to down some San Pellegrino while making use of their wireless internet.
I was looking for information on the Canberra Institute's one-man band Peter Conway, who was a Hawke government advisor, and found it to be scarce so decided to give Shane Rattenbury a call; I interviewed him last year and thought maybe he'd like to have another chat. He was a lovely guy and really gave me some time, on and off record, so I feel he's a real genuine, humble sort of guy which made my first interview with an Ediroll and a politician much easier.
Turns out however education isn't his area of policy - how could I forget? so I was directed to Meredith Hunter's office and am now waiting to hear back from her. Then I thought I'd see if Andrew Barr had anything to say. His media adviser returned answers attributable to Mr  Barr by the end of the day, and has my number to confirm a quick meeting with the MP at some stage next week. Also, my wonderful friend Maddie gave me the number for an final-year education student at UC with lots of relevant experience and studies in the area under his belt so I've lined up an interview with him next week too.
So it has been a day of chasing leads and getting places I didn't think I would so feeling rather good about the whole thing now.

To put the proverbial icing on what was a very journalism-flavoured day, this evening at work I had the pleasure of looking after Virginia Haussegger and her partner for dinner! Affter the bill had been paid, I let some sycophant out. I told her I was a student of journalism and that I thought she was wonderful and she was so lovely, she knows Caroline and Matthew (Ricketson, fave lecturer/dude) and had great things to say about them and the course at UC and talked about the changing media landscape. She also said that that'd made her night - I think it was actually the other way around though!

So really, today was one of those, "I could totally be a journo when I grow up" days.