Paper Rock magazine - Issue 6

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:42:49 PST

Editorial - Well, it’s been some kind of journey, but here it is; issue six of Paper, Rock! Looking back we realise some of it could’ve been done differently to make the final trek a little smoother. I’m sure you’re all-too-familiar with the feeling of longing for the past time you let slip away so you could avoid gulping down your 3rd Redbull at one a.m. to meet your deadline tomorrow. It’s somewhat nostalgic, which is the theme for this issue. Issue six takes you through the University of Wollongong’s past 60 years, looks into the effects of BlueScope and where Port Kembla is turning to beyond the steel industry, and gives insight into the horrific cruelty that is, puppy farming. You will find fresh fashion ideas, the best Wollongong dessert locales, prime (yet cheap) holiday spots in our own backyard, an upcoming local major music festival and so much more. We’d like to thank the contributors who continually came through for us in this issue. The people who were always first to put up their hand to help, who picked up the slack when we couldn’t, and got things done without fuss. You know who you are, so thank you! It’s been a steep, somewhat vertical learning curve, but we’ve enjoyed bringing the past and present into a neat package for you to read. We hope you enjoy flicking through the pages, because a lot of us have poured our hearts and souls into them. The editors.

Paper Rock magazine - Issue 5

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:49:57 PST

ATTENTION: Paper, Rock readers

SUBJECT: Take a chance We’ve all been there. Your mind begins to race as you recite the proverbial ‘scissors, paper, rock’ before releasing your hand into uncertain terrain. You make a choice. You take a chance. Welcome to Paper, Rock magazine for 2010- where taking a chance is what we’re all about. We’ve coined it the ‘other’ issue because this year’s magazine ventures beyond what you’ve ever seen before in paper rock, it’s ‘other’ to its predecessors. The news and features section promises to excite, engage and provoke you. We’ve introduced ‘News that rocked our world’ as we felt it is important to look back on the news and events that shook our world. The lifestyle section puts a hold on the blasé clichés of food, travel and health. We give you the first glimpses of the meaty craze that has the tongues of Australia’s top food critics wagging in salivating desire. And, take you to the underground of the food world that the big chain stores don’t want you to know about. Before introducing you to the locals of Indonesia and taking you on an ostrich ride in Vietnam. Then test-drive Zumba and detox your diet-life or delve into our health feature, where we profile bipolar disorder.

ALEX: Your news and features editor, Alexandra Fisher, loves to pushed out of her comfort zone. Inspired by the Harry Potter books she discovered her love of writing at age 11. She loves TIME magazine, The Guardian, The World and Foreign Correspondent on ABC- and anything else that provides her weekly dose of world news. Her background has fostered a love of different cultures and a desire to understand and report on issues that bring new insight to Australians. Her ambition is to become a foreign correspondent, and as a veteran journalist she’ll retreat to the hills of Scotland to complete a fantasy novel that’s already in its fifth chapter!

SARAH: Your lifestyle editor, Sarah Hamilton, is a child of the eighties, just. She can’t remember a time she didn’t want to do something to do with writing or journalism. So this isn’t the first time Sarah has put together a magazine. When she was 13-years-old, she wrote an entire publication on a typewriter with newspaper clippings. We hope this issue is a little more advanced than that. She loves ‘to-do lists’ and reverts back to a child at Christmas. When she graduates her dream job would be getting paid to travel, eat and drink, and she eventually wants to be a lifestyle editor. Wait, didn’t she just do this?

KELLIE: Your arts editor, Kellie Hill