SURO EE uae November 18, 2008 ‘To whom it may concern James McGrath is eloquent. It’s nota term lecturers in journalism often get to use, but in this case it applies. In his final year of journalism studies he distinguished himself as a regular high performer, topping the class in most assessments, and producing work of standard I'd expect from working journalists. Working on our online student publication 3rd Degree James went above and beyond the call of duty and, not only, did an excellent job as a journalist and sub-editor, he also sent marked up copies of articles back to other students to help them learn how to improve their grammar and sentence structure. Asa journalist James did well in taking to heart the edict “Do the maths’, and he broke some excellent stories by adding up government figures and spotting inconsistencies. James was also a student in the first iteration of our new Business Journalism unit where he wrote an impressive set of articles and attacked each week’s small assessment with professionalism, producing witty, accurate and thought-provoking copy. I thoroughly recommend James as a hard working journalist, a keen-eyed sub and an articulate writer. | look forward to hearing where his talent takes him. Yours sincerely,®& Smokefree WA wiz: home loans A 6 November 2008 To Whom It May Concem: James McGrath was the Hockey WA Media Cadet from July to September 2008. He was prompt with his weekly match reports and they were grammatically excellent, accurate and emertaining. James was very enthusiastic and despite not having his own transport he found his way (0 a variety of venues, As a novice to the game of hockey he picked up the auances quickly and he was confident in approaching coaches for their comments. James certainly has gained good experience in sports journalism however he could probably get his head around any topic quickly. Feel five to ring me if you would like to discuss this further. Regards Kaic Main Profile and Branding Manager Hockey WA 93514313 Hockey WA, PO Box 1008, Bentoy HDC, Wesiom Aucirli, 6983 Canin Universty Hayman Read, gentey at Pane (8) 99514300, Fx (06) 84588524 ‘HOCKEY EVERVIWHERE atrin@hackeyrscxgau ww hoskywn org. ‘ABN. 99902752 46Awarded to © tyes’ for coc ae eSosi 08 e301 -peSpics 4 oO y for The 3rd Degree ECU E-News Publication Date: a asl leers Signed Kayt Davies, and Unit Co-ordinator