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60 seconds with … Chris Nash

26 March 2008

Name: Chris Nash
Org. Unit: School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
Title: Professor

How long have you been with Monash University?

Four weeks.

Prior to working at Monash, where were you located and what was your role?

UTS; Director of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism.

What exciting challenges are ahead in your current role?

Development of an already large journalism program into a national and international leader in the field.

What is it about your job that holds your interest or is particularly satisfying?

The relationship of journalistic research and reporting to scholarly research and publication, and what the two modes offer each other.

Of all the places in the world you would like to visit/re-visit, where is your favourite destination and why?

Cuba, a muy simpatico society and culture. I was last there in the mid-80s and there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. The current conjuncture is particularly interesting.

What is the best piece of advice you have received?

"Impatience is the big mistake" (Franz Kafka).

What is something about yourself that most of your colleagues wouldn't know?

Probably just about everything in the circumstances, but I do like to dance.

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