The Inland Sea is an online documentary project about a ten-week odyssey in Australia by Norwegian journalist Steinar Ellingsen. It is a component of a creative PhD, currently undertaken at La Trobe University in Melbourne.
Between November 2008 and February 2009 Steinar and a team of three drove 16,000 kms from Melbourne, to Adelaide, Darwin, Perth and back – almost the same distance as Melbourne-Oslo.
The team comprised of Norwegian artist Dida Sundet, viking Eirik Laugerud and Melbournian cameraman Ben Hall.
The project is an experiment in convergence journalism and repurposing of documentary content, and an effort in new media self-education for a newspaper trained journo.
The project is partially funded by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University, and it is approved by the Faculty’s ethics committee.
For any queries regarding the project, please fill out the form below.
Acknowledgements:
The Inland Sea title sequence animated and designed by Håvard Forland Isaksen and Stig Bratvold.
The Inland Sea Interactive travel map designed by Stig Bratvold, seamless functionality provided by Morten Warholm Haugen.
Title font “Hit the road” by Matthew Welch.
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