hi all apologies and some forbearance here, this is a press release from a group of students who are working on a blog project. They are primarily international students, have never seen a blog before, and have formed a production team that has developed all content, promotional material, etc. the course they are participating in is largely about teaching about collaborative production and networked media. I'm assuming some relevance to this community because they are playing with what is usually a nonfiction medium in a semi fictional way, blurring fiction and reality in a way that is reminiscent of reality TV, which they are realising. No-budget lo-tech intervention on their behalf. cheers Adrian Miles Media Release Professional Communication students at RMIT University have joined together to create an exciting online Blog called "Hannah's House". This blog is no ordinary Blog ; but one where an international student called Hannah, comes to Australia to study at RMIT. Come along her to experience Melbourne and all the pleasures, problems and with dilemmas Hannah has along the way!! Read Hannah's online diary as she takes us on her day to day journeys and shares her secret findings with us - her readers - about Melbourne and all its little quirkey but loveable points. You will hear about the best places to buy a beer, where the closest doctors can be found, cool dinner ideas to cook at home, great places to eat, shop and of course where to head for the best entertainment and information regarding university. Course Lecturer Adrian Miles believes the project created by the students will be extremely popular for new RMIT students, international and local, but will also have a following outside the university. As Adrian says "This is an innovative use of a blog because these students are taking a non fiction genre to develop an online personality to explore the experience of being students". One of the writers in the class, Lucy Doherty has enjoyed the new experience and opportunity the project has brought her. "It has been fantastic to be able to join all of the aspects and qualities we have gained through our degree in the last couple of years and put them into a real life situation and gain real results." Professional Communication is one of the many degrees offered at RMIT University, it incorporates all aspects of the media industry, such as journalism, TV and Radio Production and Public Relations. A combination of all of the skills learnt in this degree have been used in the development and promotion of 'Hannah's House'. People can visit Hannah online at http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~hannah Or email Hannah at Hannahsblog@hotmail.com END Contact Details: Fiona McDermott PH: (H) 03 98790948 (M) 0407538127 -- + interactive desktop video researcher [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] + research blog [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/] + hypertext rmit [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au]