Catalyst (magazine)

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Catalyst

Front cover of Catalyst, Edition 1 2008
Type Student newspaper
Format Magazine
Owner RMIT Student Union
Editor Martin Johannessen
Tess Moshakis
Ben Ralph
Founded 1944
Language English
Price Free
Headquarters Melbourne Flag of Australia
Circulation 15,000
Website: Catalyst

Catalyst is a student newspaper published at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. The magazine is produced by the RMIT Student Union. Catalyst appears eight times a year and claims a readership of around 15,000.[1] The 2008 editors are Martin Johannessen and Tess Moshakis, and the advertising editor is Ben Ralph.

The implementation of voluntary student unionism in 2006 had a significant impact on the viability of student newspapers across Australia, compulsory student union membership fees having been the major source of income for most. Today, Catalyst's funding is drawn from the university and advertising revenue.

Catalyst benefits from its proximity to RMIT's School of Applied Communication, which runs a well-regarded journalism program. In turn Catalyst alumni are active in the Australian media. Recent past editors of Catalyst include Age journalists Dewi Cooke and Dan Harrison.[2]

The first edition of Catalyst, published by the then Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Students’ Representative Council, appeared on May 18, 1944. Editions have also appeared under the names Revolution Catalyst and The Unaustralian. Prior to funding losses due to the onset of Voluntary Student Unionism, a womyn's edition caled Havoc, a queer edition called Mutiny and a environment edition called Eccocentric were also published, between 1995 and 1998.[3]

[edit] Art of Shoplifting controversy

In 1995, Catalyst reprinted a controversial article from Rabelais Student Media, its La Trobe University counterpart, entitled The Art of Shoplifting – one of seven student newspapers to do so. Although the Rabelais editors responsible for the original article were prosecuted for ignoring a ban on publication issued by the state's Chief Censor; the editors of the other seven newspapers were not targeted by the authorities. Charges against the Rabelais editors were later dropped.[4]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Ng, John (January 2007). Catalyst advertising rates, release dates (PDF). RMIT Student Union. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  2. ^ About The Age (HTML). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  3. ^ Catalyst : the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology student's newspaper. (HTML). Main Catalogue. State Library of Victoria. Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
  4. ^ The Rabelais Case (HTML). Burning Issues (1999-21-08). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
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