CURRICULUM VITAE Dr Margaret Van Heekeren Education PhD 2013, with Vice Chancellor’s commendation, Macquarie University, Sydney Master of Arts (Modern History) 2008, with Vice Chancellor’s Commendation, Macquarie University, Sydney Bachelor of Arts (Communication) 1985, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst Employment 2013 2010 2003 – 2013 2003 – 2008 1997 – 200: 1992 – 1996 1989 – 1991 1988: 1986: 1985 – 1987 Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Senior Lecturer (Journalism) Course Co-ordinator, Master of Arts (Journalism) Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Lecturer (Journalism) Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Associate Lecturer (Journalism) Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Contract Lecturer/Tutor/Marker (Journalism, Liberal Studies, Policing) WIN Television, Orange, NSW, Chief of Staff/News Editor (Western) 2GZ Radio, Orange, NSW, News Editor Central Western Daily, Orange, NSW, Senior Journalist Encore Magazine Directory, Sydney, NSW, Editor Encore Magazine, Journalist Awards 2012 2008 – 11 2009 2008 Macquarie University Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship for PhD candidature Charles Sturt University Faculty of Arts Academic Excellence Award Macquarie University Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence Committees/Boards (CSU) CSU Human Research Ethics Committee June 2012 Faculty of Arts Board Aug 2011 – 2014 Nominated School of Communications and Creative Industries representative School of Communication and Creative Industries (SCCI) Minimal Risk Ethics Committee 2009 - 2014 Member and occasional Acting Presiding Officer SCCI School Board 2010 – 2014 Elected member School Of Communication (SOC) School Board 2005 – 2010 Elected member 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Dr Margaret Van Heekeren SCCI/SOC Research Committee 2004 - Member Professional Centre for Media History, Macquarie University 2007 – Management Committee member, Postgraduate representative Public Relations and the Past in Local and International Contexts Symposium 2012 Co-Convenor The Land, Past Present Future symposium 2011 Convenor Australian Media Traditions 2007 Conference Convenor Australian Communications and Media Authority 2007 Consultant Australian Press Council 2006/07 Member, State of the Print News Media steering committee and joint report author Publications Edited publications Van Heekeren, M., Wood, S. (eds.), “Mediating Rural and Regional Societies”. Rural Society, 21 (2), 2012 Van Heekeren, M. (ed.), Australian Media Traditions 2007. Accessible at: http://www.csu.edu.au/special/amt/publication/ Journal articles (sole author) “Stop the presses: Strikes in the Australian news media”, Media International Australia, 150 (March), 2014, pp.41-46 “’The 'Organic Filament'. New Idealist Thought and the Media”. Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, 17 (1), 2011, pp. 37-61 “’Office Boys' or Intellectuals?: Sydney Morning Herald Editors from 1903-1937". Australian Journalism Review, 32(2), 2010, p.75-88 “News in ‘new media’: An historical comparison between the arrival of television and online news in Australia”, Media International Australia, 134 (February), 2010, pp.20-30 “The Press and the 1847 Libel Act: the first criminal libel trials in New South Wales”, Legal History ,13(2), 2009, pp.269-290 “Pioneer or pretender?: the contradictory life of Australasian printer and publisher Benjamin Isaacs”, Australian Journalism Review, 30(1), 2008, pp.85-98 “The Bulletin and the New Journalism from 1880 to 1918”, Australian Studies in Journalism, no.16, 2006, pp.4-20 “‘Who’s Gough Whitlam?’ What journalism graduates don’t know about the past and what news editors want them to know”, Australian Journalism Review, v.27, no.1, July 2005, pp. 209-218 2 CURRICULUM VITAE Dr Margaret Van Heekeren Conference papers (Refereed, sole-author) “Crossing the great divide: community response to the first year of the Bathurst newspaper, the Bathurst Advocate”, refereed paper for the Journalism Education Association 2006 Conference, December 4-6, Auckland, New Zealand “Navigating the News Site. The impact of page design on story preference”, refereed paper for the Journalism Education Australia 2005 Conference, November 29 - December 2, Gold Coast, Australia live-wirez.gu.edu.au/jea.papers/van%20heekeren.rtf “What the web news reader wants: An analysis of smh.com.au readership story preference”, refereed paper for the Australia New Zealand Communication Association 2005 Conference, delivered July 4, 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reports Van Heekeren, M., “Online News” in State of the Print News Media in Australia Report 2007, Australian Press Council, Sydney, 2007 Van Heekeren, M., Simpson, L., “News Content Analysis” in State of the Print News Media in Australia Report 2006, Australian Press Council, Sydney, 2006, pp.27-32; 9295. Van Heekeren, M., North, S., “New Media - Online” in State of the Print News Media in Australia Report 2006, Australian Press Council, Sydney, 2006, pp.41-44. Reviews “Sir John Langdon Bonython: newspaper proprietor, politician and philanthropist”, Australian Historical Studies, 2012 (3), pp.485-486 “The Elements of Newswriting and Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How”, Australian Studies in Journalism, 2005 (14), pp. 162 – 165 Reference works Australian Town and Country Journal Daily Telegraph Strikes In Griffen-Foley, B. (ed.), A Companion to the Australian Media, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne (forthcoming, mid-2014) 3