Naomi Dinnen
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About Naomi
Naomi was a music and youth lifestyle journalist for more than a decade, interviewing artists such as Arrested Development, The Beastie Boys, Carl Cox, Depeche Mode, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, The Jungle Brothers, M People, Norman Cook (aka Fat Boy Slim), The Orb, Paul Oakenfold, Portishead, Primal Scream, The Prodigy, Queen Latifah, Sasha, Tone Loc and Young MC. She wrote monthly columns on club culture for Juice Magazine, 3D-World, The Drum Media and Rolling Stone and was a pioneering web content specialist early-90s sites such as Tribe and Scape, and published Australia’s first specialist dance music (EDM) magazine, Loop.
In 1994 Naomi was appointed Dance Music Manager at PolyGram Records Australia, working across both the Polydor and Mercury labels. She then moved to EMI Music as Dance Music A&R and Label Manager signing chart topping artists Paul Mac, Josh Abrahams and Groove Terminator to separate deals. In 1997 she founded the Pacific Circle Dance Music Convention in conjunction with Michael Chugg’s Pacific Circle Music Convention, and began consulting for independent artists and labels.
From 2004 to 2018 Naomi was an advocate for the Vocational Education and Training Industry as Executive Officer and CEO of various organisations. She established an annual Skills Conference and wrote opinion pieces on Training and Education policy: ‘Why NSW Needs a Minister for Training and Apprenticeships, ‘Training policy drowned out by noisy higher ed protests’, ‘States Drop the Ball on Traineeships’, ‘Giving young Aussies the skills they need to build our nation’, and advised business and government about supporting the skill development of young Australians.
In 2018 Naomi’s chapter 'You Don't See Me But You Will: Jewish Thought' and U2’ was published by Bloomsbury Press in U2 and the Religious Impulse, marking a new chapter in her career. Naomi is now writing a PhD on ‘Finding the Hebrew Bible in the Music of U2’, at the Australian National University’s School of Music, and organising the U2 Conference in Sydney, Australia.
She has a BA in Politics and Policy, Masters in Professional Education and Training from Deakin University and an Advanced Certificate in Jewish Studies (Florence Melton Institute).
In 1994 Naomi was appointed Dance Music Manager at PolyGram Records Australia, working across both the Polydor and Mercury labels. She then moved to EMI Music as Dance Music A&R and Label Manager signing chart topping artists Paul Mac, Josh Abrahams and Groove Terminator to separate deals. In 1997 she founded the Pacific Circle Dance Music Convention in conjunction with Michael Chugg’s Pacific Circle Music Convention, and began consulting for independent artists and labels.
From 2004 to 2018 Naomi was an advocate for the Vocational Education and Training Industry as Executive Officer and CEO of various organisations. She established an annual Skills Conference and wrote opinion pieces on Training and Education policy: ‘Why NSW Needs a Minister for Training and Apprenticeships, ‘Training policy drowned out by noisy higher ed protests’, ‘States Drop the Ball on Traineeships’, ‘Giving young Aussies the skills they need to build our nation’, and advised business and government about supporting the skill development of young Australians.
In 2018 Naomi’s chapter 'You Don't See Me But You Will: Jewish Thought' and U2’ was published by Bloomsbury Press in U2 and the Religious Impulse, marking a new chapter in her career. Naomi is now writing a PhD on ‘Finding the Hebrew Bible in the Music of U2’, at the Australian National University’s School of Music, and organising the U2 Conference in Sydney, Australia.
She has a BA in Politics and Policy, Masters in Professional Education and Training from Deakin University and an Advanced Certificate in Jewish Studies (Florence Melton Institute).