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64 magazine

64 magazine was a project between rosanne bersten and dale campisi under the company name Vanguard Media. The magazine is an A6-sized mini-magazine for free street distribution, covering everything that’s hot in Melbourne, Australia whether it’s arts, culture, bars or cafés. rosanne was involved in editing and publishing the first three issues of the magazine before leaving for the US.

While there, she also wrote the following articles:

Freelance articles

Journalism

Drama Queens of the Damned (The Age, 05/12/00, archived version from fan site)
Lots of sauce, hold the ambulance (Regular column, Next, SMH, 29/03/02)
Paperless Office (Regular column, Next, SMH, 16/04/02)
Time to rescue the Everquest addicts (Regular column, Next, The Age, 23/04/02)
Playing Smart (Lego Mindstorms, SMH, 16/08/02)
Oracles of Invention (Science Fiction and Inventors, The Age, 18/07/02)
All torque [...]

11°south

11°south is a travel mini-mag and website established by Vanguard Media. rosanne bersten was launch editor, establishing the format, liaising with the art director, commissioning the indigenous illustrator whose iconic art was used throughout, commissioning all articles, editing, and writing.

These are the primary articles she wrote:

Interview transcript: Golan/Levin

Golan Levin and Paul Miller (DJ Spooky) in conversation with Rosanne Bersten, Linz, Austria.
In this transcript:
[1: digital musics ]
[2: collaboration and creativity ]
[3: music and the avant-garde ]
[4: maywa denki, reggae and authenticity ]

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prior to 2003

rosanne bersten carried out a number of projects before {{heliotrope ink}} was established. These included:

resfest (2003; role: guest management, daily newsletter production)
e)mag magazine @ Fairfax (now defunct; 1999–2002; role: editor)
Transworld books (1998; role: write and edit little net.books series)
Choice magazine (1998–1999; role: online editor)
internet.au magazine (1995–1998; role: editor)
ABC radio (1998–2003; role: occasional guest)

c|net briefs (1995–6; [...]

Drama Queens of the Damned

It’s around two degrees in the middle of the dusty quarry near Werribee. At 4am on a Saturday, you’d expect the place to be abandoned, but it’s filled with young goths dressed up and jockeying for best position in front of the cameras. By Rosanne Bersten.