After a flattering invite to its student journalism conference, the University of Sydney newspaper changed its tune. Plus: Michael Stutchbury’s new gig
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Before Samantha Maiden was the Gold Walkley award-winning political editor of news.com.au she was editor of the student newspaper On Dit at Adelaide University.
So, in the spirit of collegiality, when she was invited in March to speak at the Student Journalism Conference to be held by Honi Soit at the University of Sydney in August, she accepted the offer. After all, the hosts were fawning, saying they “would be honoured to hear you speak, and it would really be a highlight of the conference”.
