Another 2SER volunteer journalist has been awarded a prestigous
internship with the German National Broadcaster, Deutsche Welle.
Kate Hairsine, who works on 2SER’s national current affairs program “The
Wire”, jets off to Bonn at the end of the month.
This is the 4th year in a row that 2SER volunteers have received this
opportunity in a highly competitive field. Currently Guy Degen is
working in Germany and has just got a feature broadcast on the BBC.
Previous interns include Mia Lauze, who is now at the Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia, and Martin Vogl, who has stayed
in Germany since finishing his internship last year.
Kate Hairsine has a wealth of community radio experience, previously
working at 3CR in Melbourne on the Undercurrents and breakfast shows.
She’s multi-lingual and has worked in a range of areas including the
Indigenous and renewable energy sectors in Australia. She’s currently
undertaking a Grad Dip in Journalism at UTS.
Hairsine joined The Wire team this year and has produced a range of
interesting and informative stories from phishing to media laws in
Tonga, women in local government in Australia, and even International
Clitoris Day (yes, there is such a day). Kate also presents the show on
Tuesdays and compiles news bulletins.
She is described as “an energetic and hard
working journalist.”
The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast on community radio
stations around Australia, via COMRADSAT and the National Indigenous
Radio Service to more than 200 stations – from city to regional and
remote indigenous communities.
The program is produced by a consortium of progressive community
broadcasters: Radio Adelaide 101.5 FM, 2SER-FM in Sydney, and the
National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS).
You can tune in to The Wire at 6pm, Monday to Friday, on 2SER-FM 107.3,
in Sydney, or stream it from www.2ser.com.
So how does The Wire differ from mainstream current affairs? Well it
takes an independent approach to current issues, something necessary in
this world of ‘cash for comment’ and sponsorship deals. The Wire delves
into issues critically, and challenges all points of view – it’s not
just a soapbox for alternative views. The Wire aims to contextualise
issues and events, understanding that things don’t occur in a vacuum,
and isn’t afraid to ask the obvious and necessary question: ‘why’.
Currently, The Wire is produced by a number of students and former media
students from UTS and Macquarie. If you have story suggestions or would
like to work on the show, contact The Wire’s Producer, Cinnamon Nippard.
Kate Hairsine and Cinnamon Nippard (Producer) are available for
interviews.