Spring 2010 Technology And Social Justice

Editorial: Technology for justice

11 August 2010 EH

Can one person make a difference? Mia Northrop would say yes. 

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Unguarded moments: OurSpace

11 August 2010 EH

Each of us has created and shaped ourself according to the world we live in. Young people must be trusted to do that, too.

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Young Journalist Award Senior Winner: Eng Chan: A survivor

11 August 2010 EH

To describe life for Eng Chan, mother of three, as easy would be the overstatement of the century.

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Young Journalist Award Senior Runner-up: It’s all about the music

11 August 2010 EH

Bob was born in November 1940 and has lived in Northcote, Victoria his whole life. He was inspired to work in radio at a very young age.

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Young Journalist Award Intermediate Winner: Long way home

11 August 2010 EH

Forging a new identity, fleeing your beloved homeland and undertaking a perilous journey across open seas on a crowded smuggler's ship would be a daunting task for anyone, but when Yasir Hussani was seven years old, it all seemed like a big adventure.

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Young Journalist Award Intermediate Runner up: Son of a preacher man

11 August 2010 EH

Fire: a destroyer, but also a strength.

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Young Journalist Award Junior Winner: To smack, or not to smack?

11 August 2010 EH

Why do parents smack their children? It's a thing we kids don't talk about much, but I have always wondered about it, though never asked anybody.

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Young Journalist Award Junior Runner up: Strangely blessed

11 August 2010 EH

Something was seriously wrong, yet the first doctor dismissed it as a drinking problem. However, when Elise Loxton, my mum's friend, received her DNA test, it resulted in the diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder called Spinocerebellar Ataxia

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Googling God

Googling God

11 August 2010 EH

An assignment on images of Jesus throughout history might not enthuse many Year 9 boys-except at Parramatta Marist High School, where the surprising bedfellows of religion and technology are producing exceptional results.

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Click here to join in

Click here to join in

11 August 2010 EH

Earlier this year, a small event for friends to show solidarity for victims of violence became a global phenomenon involving tens of thousands of people. Fatima Measham asks online activists how the web is changing the way we campaign for justice.

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A national e-vent

A national e-vent

11 August 2010 EH

The Broken Bay Institute's series of e-conferences has given the Catholic Church a new model for bringing communities together to talk about faith.

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Online safety

Online safety

11 August 2010 EH

Just like any social interaction, there are ways to use the internet for good, and ways to use it for ill.

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