Strong public interest journalism needs champions like never before. The Conversation’s editor Misha Ketchell explains why.
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Let’s start with a few things on which we can all agree, chief among them that public interest journalism is a Good Thing. The fourth estate has a crucial role in holding power to account. The big stories…
We must have open conversations with kids so they’re able to identify reliable news online.
The special protection offered via international law is not enough to keep journalists reporting on conflict zones and assuage concerns about free speech.
A government fund to support quality journalism – while remaining strictly independent – could help produce stories in the public interest.
The number of specialist science journalists in Australia has dropped from around 35 to less than five over the period 2005-2017.
There are plenty of models around the globe where governments are supporting public interest journalism at arm’s length.
News Corp on the right, Fairfax on the left. This division has a long history in Australia, to the detriment of quality journalism and public debate.
Tax deductibility for donations to non-profit journalism centres in the United States have invigorated quality journalism. This same model could help Australian journalism.
There are four key things Donald Trump’s election tells us about the state of journalism today.
Public interest journalism exposes corruption and wrongdoers, and holds the powerful to account. But it is increasingly under threat, and we need to find ways to protect it.
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Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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