ACIAR ON DISPLAY IN PARLIAMENT HOUSE

The global work of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has been on display in Parliament House, Canberra, courtesy of a photographic exhibition featuring images by Coretext photographers. The exhibition, part of the ATSE Crawford Fund's conference, 'Agriculture in a Changing Climate', was a sample of the Coretext photography supplied in recent years for ACIAR's magazine, Partners, which profiles the research and people involved in agricultural development and poverty alleviation.

Photography is an important element in Coretext's work to raise the level of awareness and understanding of the role of R&D in sustaining our own and global communities.

See www.aciar.gov.au.

CORETEXT CONTRIBUTORS' GUIDE

For existing and future contributors to Coretext publications, we have added a 'Contributors' Guide' on the Client Publishing page of this site.

The guide runs through the basics of professional journalism and clear writing and should be of use to clients, corporate communicators and freelance journalists/photo-journalists. It has been prepared by Coretext's editorial director Brad Collis, who has more than 30 years' experience in senior journalism and editing roles, and is also a successful author.

TOPS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Perth-based Coretext photographer Evan Collis has won the production category in this year's International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) photography awards.

Evan's harvesting photo titled, 'Present from timely rain' was described by one judge as a "masterpiece" in composition: "Stunning colours, beautifully sharp and timed to perfection."

The photo was published in the March 2008 issue of Ground Cover, produced by Coretext for the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

WORLD BEST

When Richard Heath, a member of the Grains Research and Development Corporation's consultative northern panel, visited leading US farmers recently he was chuffed to find the GRDC's Ground Cover newspaper regarded there as the best farming publication in the world.

Richard took this photo of Iowa farmer Clay Mitchell with his latest copy.

Coretext took over production of Ground Cover in 2003, modernising its design and introducing a stronger editorial format.

FIRE RELIEF

Coretext directors Brad Collis and Tim Claeys were among 1530 cyclists who took part in the recent Marysville - Lake Mountain Fire Relief Ride that raised $38,225 for the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.

The 140-kilometre event took in many of the areas, including the once idyllic Marysville township, devastated by the bushfire tragedy in which almost 200 people were killed.

The region is popular among cyclists and the cycling community rallied strongly to show its support for the mountain communities outside Melbourne.

The first technical reports on the fires have just been published in Fire Australia magazine, which Coretext produces. The magazine reports on the early research and post-incident analysis that is going to be crucial to making bushfire-prone communities safer in the future.