The team consisted of over 50 young people, working collaboratively and gaining valuable round-the-clock experience in the fields of media, journalism, design, photography, video, communications and logistics, uncovering stories and youth perspectives that often get lost in mainstream coverage.

Vibewire Inc has provided the opportunity for these youth to step up and produce incredible results. This kind of practical training is highly sought after, yet scarcely available through traditional career development opportunities. SBS has been an integral media partner, streaming much of the content from www.projecteye.org on the SBS Online World News Australia site which has helped increase the profile of these up and coming writers.

“This was a great opportunity for some of these young journalists to establish themselves. With SBS Online  picking up most of our stories, it was a great honour for them to be published by such a well-known and respected news outlet” says project coordinator Mary Nguyen. “We are planning on carrying through with the momentum and establishing this model as a permanent Vibewire fixture”

In an article released by the Courier Mail, earlier this week entitled, “Rudd is Religiously Biased says Australian Youth Groups” it was stated that, “Each year youth-run organisations such as UNYA, the Oaktree Foundation, and Vibewire run several major programs and events for Australian young people yet they receive little or no funding from the government”.

While initiatives such as PROJECTeye can operate on minimal costs, the impact they could stand to have on Australian society and youth, would of course be multiplied by the figures backing it. 

 The PROJECTeye.org site will remain live for the time being but plans to incorporate itself into Vibewire.net, the organisations' main youth expression portal, which is due for a re-structuring and re-branding in the next couple of months.