Emma Macdonald

2 months ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Canberra writer and producer Nalini Sequeria was a teenager living in Sydney when she first saw iconic punk band, The Hard-Ons. More than 20 years later, Nalini and her brother Jonathan have brought a loud and uncensored documentary The Most Australian Band Ever! to the screen through their production company Living Eyes. The film debuted recently at Sydney’s SXSW, has earned critical acclaim from the United States to Korea, and will soon screen in Canberra.

2 months ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Do you wake up to the news each morning in a perpetual state of existential dread? Donald Trump said WHAT? Elon Musk has access to WHERE? Do you wonder whether your social media feed is gaslighting you? Women in Media is hosting a networking night in which considers the impact of mis/disinformation in an age of artificial intelligence, increased political polarisation and a move from fact-based information to, well, to “alternative” facts.

2 months ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

With a teaching career spanning more than 40 years including 16 years as the Director of Canberra Grammar’s Northside campus before she retired last year, Jenny Thompson has nurtured thousands of children beginning their journey through the early years of school.

2 months ago | hercanberra.com.au | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Admit it, we’ve all been there – stalking social media and LinkedIn profiles, trying desperately to figure out how the hell someone got their dream job. It seems impossible and yet there they are, living out your career fantasy (minus the itchy business suit). It might seem hard to believe, but once upon a time, they were also fantasising about their future career, and with some hard work, they made it.

2 months ago | culturedmag.com | Emma MacDonald |Emma Macdonald

Kassandra Thatcher in her Los Angeles studio. Photography by Justin Chung. When Kassandra Thatcher and Danny Kaplan met at a shared Long Island City studio space about 10 years ago, they became fast friends. The pair encouraged each other in the early days of defining their lighting-design practices, and—though Thatcher is now based primarily in LA—they've remained close through the expansions of their evolving studio careers.