Is there a future for Australian news on broadcast TV? Join Hugh Nailon (Nine National News Director) and Justin Stevens (ABC News Director) in conversation with Professor Alexandra Wake about the history and future of TV news in Australia. www.rmit.edu.au/events/2026/...

Okay Bluesky, my 2026 goal is to fill the glaring gaps in my sci-fi reading. Starting this thread to keep a record for accountability, but also feel free to reply with your recommendations.

Join a conversation with Amanda Higgs (Matchbox Pictures), Mitch McTaggart (The Last Year of Television), and Jessica Balanzategui (RMIT) for our first of four panels reflecting on the impact and future of broadcast TV in Australia. www.rmit.edu.au/events/2026/...

The year after finishing a PhD is tough. How we support early career colleagues remains crucial to our academic future. This week's Post learns from the remarkable Dr Damien O'Meara. How do we build success, inclusion, momentum and meaning? New Post - seeing beyond the present: youtu.be/L-laFC91ptE

Excellent start to 2026! I contributed to this roundtable dossier, led by Dr Amy Boyle: “Sites of struggle: Television’s cultural and economic value.” My section examines queer authenticity and publicity in Australian TV drama. doi.org/10.1177/1749...

If you're in Australia - the ebook version of An Academic Affair is currently $4.99 on all platforms! It's got academic rivals,* a marriage of convenience, and staunch unionism, and I'm quite proud of it. *written by me, an academic

Switching off broadcast TV is already being debated in various markets. But what do we stand to lose? RMIT’s 100 Years of Broadcast TV Symposium reflects on the impact of the broadcast signal in Australia. www.sign-research.com/cfps-events

If there was ever a case for the urgent funding of humanities education, it’s this. Surely the editorial leadership of a magazine had to complete an intro to media studies course at some point in their education, right?

Loved getting the chance to talk about streaming, corporate takeovers and the need for diverse content and funding in Australia with Grace McKinnon at ABC.

The speed at which the face scanner verified I was old enough to be on social media felt like an insult.

Apparently I’m so expressive that there’s no way to get a screenshot of my recent appearance on BTN without this face. More importantly, it’s the first time I’ve had a TV interview since I added Stella’s portrait to my media shelf! www.abc.net.au/btn/classroo...

Insightful analysis from my RMIT colleague Alexa Scarlata in @aunz.theconversation.com about the Aus gov’s newly announced streamer regulation. theconversation.com/new-laws-wil...

Check out our preprint in which we determine how a class of potent protein antibiotics specifically kill P. aeruginosa without a need to enter the cell. doi.org/10.1101/2025... This is work from my PhD in the lab of @rhyswg.bsky.social and many collaborators who contributed amazing data!

Absolutely stoked to have been part of the team to deliver the 14th Australian Media Traditions conference last week. So many highlights, but here are a few pics of some exciting moments!

Australian TV has changed significantly over the past 15 years, with a boom in queer stories since the 2010s. New research sheds light on how these changes happened.

Have you ever thought about the hidden labour behind queer representations on our screens? theconversation.com/a-look-into-...

#NewPublication (Media, Culture & Society): ‘Interviewing out lesbian, gay and bisexual creatives and executives about getting queer stories in mainstream Australian scripted television’. A huge thank you to all the Aus television creatives and executives who took part. doi.org/10.1177/0163...

Proud to speak to ABC about queerness, identity, celebrity branding and bi/pan erasure for this article about the response to Jojo Siwa and Fletcher sharing the complexity of their queer identities during pride month. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Hands down the best graduation gift I received is this portrait of my dog (from my partner). My Staffy (cross) Stella was by my side through my whole thesis. Whenever I was stressed, she would demand a walk to get me out of the house and force a break.

While interviewing Australian television creatives and executives about how they negotiated queer stories in Aussie TV drama, I found a common theme: networks were worried audiences would switch off if they saw these themes. But what informed this view? djomeara.com/2025/07/03/a...

I’ve spent my Sunday reviewing and sending off the proofs for an article - it feels particularly special to hit submit on this one.

A little detour on my way to work today to collect my PhD degree certificate from Swinburne Uni. As much as I’d have loved to attend the ceremony, the timing wasn’t going to work. But that doesn’t diminish how bloody proud I am, right now. #Graduation

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨 In ‘Australian audience reactions to the ABC’s broadcast of Tales of the City, as seen in the Green Guide letters’ I examine a brief public debate unearthed while searching for audience reactions to the first broadcast of the Mardi Gras in 1994: dx.doi.org/10.1080/1030...

In good news, I am officially Dr Damo. Very happy. Very thankful to all those who helped me get here.

“Many academics tell us they’re avoiding US travel entirely due to genuine fears about border detention and visa issues” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There’s been a great response to our survey so far with more than 60 Aussie authors sharing how they build and engage their readership! It’s not too late, it’s till open and accepting responses!

Australian book authors, how do you publicise your work? Tell us in this 15-minute survey from RMIT-Swinburne researchers: rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Nice update: found out today that I passed my PhD with minor corrections from one examiner. So happy and will hopefully have those corrections addressed in a couple of weeks.

After numerous requests, were please to share this CFP is extended to 14 April.

Today is officially 6 months since I submitted my PhD. It’s quite frustrating that I still don’t have examiner reports after such a long time. But I’m hopeful I’ll hear soon.

CFP: 14th Australian Media Traditions Conference on the theme of ‘ARCHIVES AND ARCHETYPES: RECOVERY AND RENEWAL’. Conference is running at RMIT in Melbourne, 4-5 September! It covers media histories from journalism, to film and television, to digital archives, and more! ausmediatraditions2025.com

My book on Agatha Christie has been out for less than a year and it's been used in this list. *Sigh*

An absolute honour to contribute to the diversity section of the SIGN Research 10 Years of Streaming in Australia report! You can read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1P-90...

Started watching Zero Day after numerous recommendations. Current review: “Gruff New Yorker yells logic, common sense attempts to prevail in a broken America.”

Aussie kids’ TV will always win the freak convention! We have the most insane puppets!

The archives are particularly fun for 1974. TV’s first streaker!!!

Nothing like the archives of letters to the editor in 1974 really hitting hard today.

Very fun to see my review of #InvisibleBoys included in @aunz.theconversation.com’s list of what to stream in March. theconversation.com/belle-gibson...

Politicians are attacking HIV initiatives. Politicians are trashing marriage equality. Politicians are encouraging homophobia as “free speech.” And yet some gay people will support such politicians because they think trans people are our biggest threats. It’d be funny if it weren’t so painful.

Thanks to everyone for all your beautiful words of support and love for INVISIBLE BOYS this weekend ❤️🏳️‍🌈🫂

HOLY HELL, INVISIBLE BOYS IS THE NUMBER 1 TV SHOW NATIONALLY ON STAN!!!! 🥳🥳 Thank you all for tuning in to watch INVISIBLE BOYS en masse & helping our series make such a huge splash! 🙏🙏 These boys aren't invisible anymore! 😎😎💪💪

🥁 🥁🥁🥁🥁 INVISIBLE BOYS - now streaming on Stan! To my LGBTIQA+ siblings - this is for you. I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it. In the words of @perfumegenius - “they’ll never break the shape we take, let all them voices slip away” ❤️🏳️‍🌈

What are you doing tonight? Hint: you should be watching Invisible Boys on Stan so I can talk to people about it! theconversation.com/stans-invisi...

Read the latest from me in The Conversation.

The terms ‘gritty’ and ‘real’ have come to characterise Aussie teen drama. Invisible Boys is no exception, and will give you something to challenge your worldview.

Invisible Boys ( @nickverso.bsky.social 📺 / @v8sheppard.bsky.social 📖) is a bold take on the gritty teen drama we expect in Aus! What makes it great, is that "the horny gay teen isn’t hidden away in Invisible Boys – nor are his choices always comfortable." theconversation.com/stans-invisi...

You can hear reviews of exactly this in the Lowbrow Lowdown. open.spotify.com/episode/3PHC...

The wonderful Joe Klocek talks INVISIBLE BOYS. So proud of him going from strength to strength since our Nowhere Boys days - tvtonight.com.au/2025/02/iden...