We couldn’t let a chance like this slip by. The eminent photojournalist, Walkley judge and photo editor Wen Huang was in town, hosted by Walkley Foundation/Media Alliance. So we decided to borrow a glimmer of Wen’s limelight to announce the re-entry of Media In The Pub in Sydney’s media conversation.

Thanks to everyone who came along. There’s a running commentary of the main points from the night on the Media In The Pub twitter feed.

Our good friends at the MEAA grabbed some attendee’s impressions of the night.

Media in the pub from Media Alliance on Vimeo, featuring David

Wen Huang’s influence in the world of photography stretches around the globe; she started as a photo editor with the Xinhua agency in 1989, has been based in Germany, in America at Stanford University as a Knight Fellow, all while keeping roots in her home country China. The following is just a small sample of her professional biography: In 2000 she published Target, a book about the Kosovan war, she has been a jury member for The World Press Photo Contest and The Pictures of the Year International. She’s  an advisor to the National Geographic Society for their All Roads Photo Project and to the Board of the Alexia Foundation. In China she hosted a TV show on photography, she curates and organises photography festivals and contests, while working as the senior photo marketing analyst of the News & Information Centre at the Xinhua News Agency.

Wen Huang will be in conversation with Walkey winner David Dare Parker, one of the original co-founders of Reportage, a Director of FotoFreo Photographic Festival and Walkley Advisory Board Member.

Even if you’ve only got a passing interest in photography, you’re assured of hearing some fascinating perspectives on the current world of photography and what might be coming around the corner.

Media In The Pub was going to hold off announcing our next full blown forum until a few more details are nailed down, but we figured this would be a great chance to re-introduce ourselves in a cut-down format where we don’t have to be the centre of attention. (You know how it is when you’ve been out of circulation for a while.) We’ll be back in early November, and we’ll announce the topic on Tuesday night at the pub. Trust us – it’ll be topical.

At the last Media In The Pub night -yes, almost a year ago- we asked what the future of media careers might be. Designers met academics, met entrepreneurs, met journalists, met producers, met students, met organisers. Met barkeeps.

For next week’s event we’re expecting to get an even wider cross section of people from Sydney’s photography and wider media community. Also, we’re thrilled to have the support of the Media & Entertainment Arts Alliance. They’re bringing Wen Huang to Sydney, and together we’re cooking up some nice ideas for the next Media In The Pub event. This time the break won’t be so long.

Media In The Pub is a forum to discuss the changes that digitisation is bringing to media. We know that there is a huge amount of expertise and talent in Sydney’s media community so we love getting suggestions, comments and ideas. Get in touch if you’ve got notes or questions.

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