Another hectic week in federal politics has seen Labor dealing with a controversy involving union leader John Setka, and the Queensland government giving final approval for the Adani mine.
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Open justice is in contest with other rights as the Northern Territory considers a bill to ban the media from juvenile court cases.
After this week’s police raids on media outlets, we need a better way to balance two crucial elements of our democracy - national security and press freedom.
Geoff Crisp speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
This week’s raids on media show our democracy at its darkest.
This week’s raids on journalists and media outlets show not just the risk to those doing work in the public interest, but the potentially chilling effect it will have on more such journalism being brought to light.
Reporters and editors in Rwanda saw themselves as unifiers, and that meant working to promote unity and reconciliation.
South Africa’s law that regulates the Interception of communications is being challenged on the basis it can be abused by rogue elements in intelligence.
How does reporting on the environment promote democracy? A US journalism professor describes conditions in the republic of Georgia, where the media isn’t equipped to cover issues like pollution.
Twelve reporters have been killed so far this year and 172 are in jail, according to a new report on press freedom worldwide. The US places 48th of 180 countries ranked, down two spots from 2018.
The influential military is still in a position to veto reforms, making the repeal of repressive laws difficult.
For democracy to work, the press has to be free.
It’s dangerous for the press to take up Julian Assange’s cause, two journalism scholars write. Assange is no journalist, they say, and making him out to be one is likely to damage press freedoms.
Cuba will not legalize same-sex marriage, as gay activists hoped. But its new constitution adds greater protections for LGBTQ people and for women, and gives Cubans the right to own private property.
Maria Ressa’s case is important because of what it says about the way governments are increasingly using the “rule of law” to silence the legitimate work of journalists.
The arrest of a high-profile journalist in the Philippines has been rightly condemned. But the abuses she has been reporting continue daily.
Jeremy Hunt says he will making press freedom a priority. Good for him There are a few things he can do immediately.
There’s been an evolution in Tanzanian laws used against the press
Reporters who cover environment and natural resource issues are commonly threatened and harassed around the world. Some have been killed for coverage that threatens powerful interests.
The death of the Saudi columnist shows the hazards faced by journalists – especially if the US doesn’t like what they do.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Reader in International Journalism, City, University of London
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Caxton Professor of Journalism, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor in International Relations & Academic Director of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Communications, University of Westminster
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific., Australian National University
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Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
