Elyse Robêrt

For the majority of 2016 I was freelancing and throughout this year I had the luck to work with a variety of start ups in the social enterprise space, offering them strategic marketing, PR, and social media advice. Brands I worked with: Ākina Foundation NZ’s leading social enterprise organisation, charged with lobbying for the sector, training…

Winner winner chicken dinner!   Taking a gold and a silver in the National Champs was a mega highlight of my sporting career. Massive surf, trying conditions, and a smaller than average crew, the odds were stacked against us. But it’s amazing where a combination of skill and grit can get you.

I’ve been a mentor in the Victoria University of Wellington Alumni as Mentors programme since 2016, mentoring young women in their final year of study.

If there’s one thing that gets me jazzed it’s the power of the media to alert, inform, educate, and entertain. But I’m particularly fascinated by the way in which these outcomes are able to empower audiences and equip them with the necessary information and analyses to navigate the modern world. But – the nature of…

In 2015, when The Spinoff first launched, I wrote a regular column reviewing NZ’s greatest soap of all time – Shortland Street. Alas, the loss of a SKY TV subscription meant I no longer had nightly access to the show and gave up my blogging.

The Brief Grow The Project’s brand online, increase ticket sales, live social coverage on the day. Response Trending #1 on Twitter on event day. Near sell out attendance.

A lifeguard since I was 15, I’ve been actively patrolling and competing for over 16 seasons. Secretary of the Paekakariki Surf Lifeguards since 2014, I’ve seen the club through its Centenary and now into the New Building Project. I’m active in surf sport, competing in both IRB racing and surf boat rowing (2015 champions!)

International Studies Perspectives is one of the leading International Studies Association journals. I was the managing editor for several years. Handling submissions from around the globe, and refining and typesetting. I was proud to manage the editing of the special edition on Women and International Studies.

I worked on the Global Media Monitoring Project, the largest international study of gender in the news media. The key goals of this ongoing project are to: Map the representation and portrayal of women in the world’s mainstream news media Develop a grassroots research instrument Build solidarity among gender and communication groups worldwide Create media…