RACQ wasn't much help - they couldn't come till 3pm at the earliest. There is NO public transport in my suburb - the closest bus stop is at the primary school a suburb east of where I live. I was the only one at home, so I couldn't borrow someone else car. And all my friends where at uni or work. Fantastic.
So I watched this lecture online! It's a bit strange watching the lecture online. You can hear all these people, but you can only see the slides.
Skye Doherty, the guest lecturer, was really interesting to listen to. Being interested in print journalism, I think this is where I want to end up after finishing my degree (maybe :P ), it was nice to listen to someone who is already in the field. The fact that Skye sounded so enthused about print journalism after spending time in the area was reassuring to hear.
Skye spoke about the Inverted Pyramid in journalism, with the most important facts placed at the top (usually - who, what, when, where, why and how) and the least important facts placed at the bottom of the pyramid. If you're still having trouble picturing it in your mind, here is the slide Skye used to explain it to us lowly first year students.
I don't know if it was because I was watching the lecture online, or because I knew a lot of this information from my previous English studies at high school, but I found this lecture a little boring. It just seemed a little commonsensical. Talking about what text is, the inverted pyramid, where your eyes are drawn to on pages or screens.
That was my week three lecture blog. I realise it was a bit boring, and a little down on the lecture. So to brighten your day, here is a funny picture which kind of relates to text as it has text in it -
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