Melanie James is a lecturer in communication at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where she specialises in public relations education and research.

She is an award-winning communications and public relations specialist and a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia.

Melanie continues to undertake public relations consultancy work for selected clients. >Read more

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She has authored the definitive book of Public Relations careers in Australia - read more

AWARDS INCLUDE:

• Public Relations Institute of Australia Golden Target Awards - Gold Award for Outstanding Public Relations
• Public Relations Institute of Australia (ACT) Award for Excellence in Public Relations - Marketing Communications Category
• Public Relations Institute of Australia (ACT) Award for Excellence in Public Relations - Multimedia Communications Category.
• Australian Marketing Institute Marketing Awards Finalist - government marketing
• Australian Bureau of Statistics Reward and Recognition Award for an outstanding communications campaign
• ATOM (Australian Teachers of Multimedia) Award: Best School Resource for A Tale of Two Worlds Interactive CD-ROM.
• Australian Post-graduate Award for MA in Journalism.
• University of Technology, Sydney Journalism Awards - Winner Best Feature Article and Highly Commended Website Design and Development
• Australian Journalism Education Association National Award for Feature Writing.