Marcus O'Donnell
"Nothing happens unless first a dream" - Carl Sandburg
"The dividing line between news and popular culture is becoming harder and harder to define. Given the amount of spin control behind political news, you are likely to learn more about political power and the American presidency by watching The West Wing than you will by watching CNN."
I'm a journalist and academic, currently editor of Sydney Star Observer, Australia's oldest and largest circulation gay and lesbian weekly newspaper.
I've written widely about art and architecture, gay/lesbian issues, religion, music, film and journalism.
I'm doing a Ph.D at the University of Technology Sydney, where I teach part-time in the journalism program.
My main research interests are:
- mythical constructs used in news and feature reporting;
- the links between journalism and popular culture;
- apocalyptic narratives in journalism and film in a post September 11 world;
- blogging, hypertext and online media.
In my CD player
- Brandenburg Concertos
- : Piano Etudes
On my bookshelf
- Reading Angel: the spinoff with soul
- : Myth Mind and the Screen
- Specimen Days
Recent films I've enjoyed
- Batman Begins
- You and Me and Everyone we Know
- Stay