Alison Aprhys is a well-known journalist, whose articles and images have appeared in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian as well as many print and online magazines and journals.

Alison's first book, Careers in Publishing & Bookselling - How to get the job you want, was published in 1997.

A lively and entertaining speaker, Alison has presented at many seminars including the Australian Journalists Association's annual freelance journalism conferences and Media Pass student seminars; many writing and publishing courses for university, TAFE and adult education and she has also delivered the Inaugural Surf Media Lecture at Edith Cowan University in 2006.

Alison is a member of the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance.

Services
Alison Aprhys provides a range of journalism services including reportage, copywriting, and photojournalism.

Journalism
Alison's articles and images have appeared in many newspapers including The Age, The Australian, The Surf Ciast Times and the Sydney Morning Herald as well as a diverse range of magazines, including: Brigade, Cosmos, Griffith Review, Good Reading, Explorergirls, Eureka Street, Surfing, Surfers Village and The Walkley. Her surf book reviews appear at Surfing Mums. While she has covered many business and lifestyle topics, Alison specilises writing about and photographing many aspects of surfing and firefighting.    

  

Copywriting
Alison is also an experienced copywriter known for her clean, crisp copy. She has created content for brochures, catalogues, flyers, media releases and online media.

Photography
Alison is an experienced photographer whose surfing images have appeared in many surfing magazines and newspapers including: The Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Pacific Longboarder, Slide, Surf Life for Women, Surfers Village and Brigade. She has exhibited her surfing images at Surfworld and at the Great Ocean Road Photography Exhibition. Alison also focuses on photographing firefighters and regualry contributes images to Brigade and CFAConnect.

Public Speaking & Training
An experienced and polished presenter, Alison has spoken at many seminars on a range of writing, publishing and book related topics for industry and special interest seminars, including TAFE and university undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Alison has been invited to speak by many different organisations including:

• The Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance at their annual Freelance Conferences and MediaPass Student Industry Days.
• Various educational institutions including; Monash University, Edith Cowan University, University of Melbourne, RMIT, Ballarat University, Swinburne University of Technology and Chisholm TAFE.
• Victorian Writers Centre.
• The Council of Adult Education.
• The Byron Bay Writers Festival.
• 2010 'Inside Story' seminar at Chisholm TAFE.