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Research Profile:
Research Focus:
part-time Phd candidate (Griffith University School of Politics and Public Policy)Changes in Australian Political journalism, and its place in the international discourse about political communication in modern democracies;
Other research areas:

Indigenous issues and the media; On-line journalism; Pedagogical issues and journalism education;

ARC Assessor 2000 - to date.
(GAMS ID No.D27993)
Assessed one large SPIRT grants and an Indigenous Researcher Development Scheme

ARC Grant recipient:
1999-2000: 3rd Chief Investigator with University of Queensland team - $15,000 ARC grant to study the impact of television on a remote Aboriginal community. Developed grant application, advised on research and construction of research report, co-authored a refereed conference paper.

National grant from ABC Regional Programs Project Funds
2003-2004 $8,5000 - Joint project manager Island Footprints National Hindsight Progam about South Sea Islander community in the Wide Bay Burnett region. Reference Current Projects link: http://despair.cqu.edu.au/bmrg/bmrg.shtml/


Other:

Adviser 2000-2001 for a New Journalism research project being undertaken by Associate Professor Dr Denis Cryle

Coordinator Media Portrayal section NSW Women annual $1m Grants Program - 1995, 1996, 1997

Joint coordinator CQU Women in Research Grants program 1999-2000

CQU Grants

2000
Annual CQ Social Survey ($10,000) - Centre for Social Science Research,
Media and Citizenship Survey– Research Report and Refereed journal article
Curriculum project – CQU – videoconference course redesign ($3,000) Course developer and redesigner for ISL delivery - Indigenous Issues and the Media

1998-99
Early Research grant CQU Faculty of Informatics and Communication ($2,000)– An assessment of the Pedagogic potential of multi media for journalistic writing

Supervisor
Master of Letters – 2003
Political Journalism elective
Honours – 2002
1st Class Evans, L News Values in regional news rooms in the Electorate of Hinkler

Publications - Refereed journals
Australian Journalism Review
Ester, H Australian Journalism's robust and diverse genesis
AJR Vol 26 (2)December 2004
Ester, H and McAllister J 2001, The Media and Democracy: Information sources about political candidates in a Queensland region
AJR Vol. 23 ( July 2001
Ejournalist
Ester, H (2002) Who's been watching the watchers? Ejournalist Volume 1 No. 2 http://www.ejournalism.au.com/ejournalist/ester.pdf
ISSN 1444-741X April 2002


Book Chapters
Ester, H (2002) Journalism education in an online environment Chapter 5 Diversity pages 146-155 In Cameron J, Shaw, G and Arnott, A (eds) Tertiary Teaching – doing it differently, doing it better - NTU Press, Northern Territory, Australia

Ester, H (1998) Walpiri visit Ranger Chapter in Wright, A. (ed) Chapter Twists and Turns: pages 263-268 Take Power IAD Press Alice Springs, NT

Refereed Conference papers
Ester, H, Obitifor, L; Lawe Davies, C; Haswell, S; (2001) Impact of television on a remote Aboriginal community; a case study paper presented at Journalism Education Association Conference, Perth WA

Ester, H (2001) paper presented at the 1st National conference - Public Right to Know (PR2K) University of Technology Sydney, October 2001
Implied consent – Exploring political information in regional media

Ester, H (2001) paper presented at the Australian Media Traditions June 2001, hosted by CQU Yeppoon Queensland Research in progress -Australian political journalism

Ester, H (2000) paper presented at the Journalism Education Association, December hosted by University of Queensland
Defining Moments - designing journalism education courses in regional Queensland


Published Conference Proceedings
Ester, H (2000) IT and journalism education: p. 61-68 Get Smart conference 2000 Using Community Informatics for Regional Transformation (2nd Edition) CQU Rockhampton Qld.

Ester, H (1999) Journalism education. p. 51-58 Tertiary Teaching NTU Press NT Australia

Other Conference papers
2003
8th National Labour History Conference
Presentation: Genesis of Australian Political Journalism

2002
Women in Research conference
Current Literature an public discourse in political journalism


Commissioned reports
Ester, H (1996) - Alive and Deadly - Reviving and Maintaining Australian Indigenous Languages published by Commonwealth Department of Education Employment and Youth Affairs 1995 in conjunction with Social Change Media with and the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages (FATSIL) 1st print run 15,000 (2nd print run, 15,000)

Ester, H (1981) Vietnam Kampuchea and Thailand - a First Hand Account. A publication written from work on assignment in Thailand Cambodia. Australian Council for Overseas Aid ACT

Ester, H (1980) (Booklet) You don't have to put up with it – a brochure for distribution in NSW NSW Women's Coordination Unit -


Editor
Newsletter Editor/Publisher 1975-1984
• Monitor (weekly) (ISSN 0313 – 2218)
• National Watchdog (ISSN 0159-3757
• MNS Newsletter (monthly) (ISSN 0729-3216)


Scholarship
2003-2005 foundation member of the Bundaberg Media Research Group (BMRG)
Since joining CQU in 1998:
• Involvement in workshops /discussions and decision-making with the journalism group on curriculum
• Participation in CQU-hosted national conferences as session chair for ItiRA 2002 and Australia Media Traditions 2001
• Refereeing papers for the e-democracy track for ItiRA 2002
• Supervision - three Honours students;
• Involvement in the Bundaberg Water use group
• Initiating workshops and forums with staff, tutors and local media professionals :.



Other
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• Ref:
• Developer/Adviser instructional material for introductory web-search skills for use in orientation week
• Developer – course materials for ISL delivery