What lies ahead and more...

What lies ahead: We want to hear from you
What does the future hold for your industry and your union? The Alliance is hosting an online discussion to find out what you think. Participants will log-in twice daily over a three-day period from November 16. All views are confidential. To register your interest email research@essentialmedia.com.au

Skills for the future
The Alliance is preparing to commission a series of multimedia training courses to give those working in the news media the opportunity to master a range of online skills. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey http://tinyurl.com/yaenq73 so we can ensure there is a course that suits your needs available.

Something old, something new at Media140
The tribes gathered this week at the ABC to discuss the impact of social media on journalism. Despite the world having moved on since the Alliance staged its Future of Journalism conference at the same venue 18 months ago, Media140 http://www.aroundtheworldin140days.com/ was dominated by the same misunderstandings between "legacy" and "new media" types as ever. Read reports on Media140 from Duncan Riley, Margaret Simons and Jonathan Este: http://tinyurl.com/56uszw , http://tinyurl.com/yk8j9bg and http://tinyurl.com/npqpx8

Free Crikey trial
Crikey would like to offer all Alliance members a free six-week subscription. Visit http://tinyurl.com/yay6pav to get it - all we need is your email address.

The Global Journalist
Media Alliance members have been invited to participate in a national survey of Australian journalists. The questions canvass job satisfaction, professional values and reporting methods. The findings will be published in a book next year entitled The Global Journalist. Please respond by emailing b.josephi@ecu.edu.au with a phone number and indicating a convenient time for a researcher to ring you.

Subsidising the newsroom
A new report on how to rebuild American journalism, co-authored by former Washington Post editor Len Downie, calls for the US Government to step in and provide public funding. It’s one of several legislation and regulatory steps needed to “reconstruct” local news, according to the report, called “Reconstructing American Journalism”, which was commissioned by Columbia University’s journalism school. More here http://tinyurl.com/ylxc7pm , http://bit.ly/2TEmJZ and here http://bit.ly/kYiyp

Media In The Pub
It’s the most talked about media question of the times: What are the business models that will support news reporting and journalism? Media InThe Pub is gathering a bunch of people to pitch their plans to you on November 24 at the Clarendon Hotel in Surry Hills. So come along and be prepared to decide which of the ideas could fly. Details here http://www.walkleys.com/news/481/

Courtesy of Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.