It’s to be yet another week of crisis, inspection and introspection for the forever under pressure BBC as the government is set to publish a green paper on Thursday, which will, the Guardian says, signal…
New roles, new rules: changing nature of news production.
rsambrook
The London attacks signalled a decisive turning point in the emergence of a new, collaborative ethos for journalism. It was clear that news had changed as technology had changed.
Sensationalized shark attacks skew the facts.
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In all the politicking and government attacks on the ABC for giving a platform to former terror suspect Zaky Mallah, the free speech debate has become confused.
Would reporter Bob Woodward have been able to protect Deep Throat’s identity from today’s surveillance tools?
Reuters/Alex Gallardo
Four decades on, in a digital era of surveillance and data storage, Watergate remains a useful yardstick for assessing the value of source confidentiality.
Rules are in place, but what happens when the protocols of disclosure are not met?
Esther Vargas
The recent sacking of two high-profile Canadian journalists highlights the difficulties media employees face in navigating the tricky terrain of conflicts of interest.
Media are important. Especially the media we trust. One might express the effect of a piece of journalism (J) about, say, a particular drug or food, as a factor of media authority (A), multiplied by the…
A viral article written by a female college student celebrated the average male body, but for the wrong reasons.
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TEDx Sydney launched a campaign to initiate conversations around disability in the name of the late campaigner Stella Young. The project was ill-conceived but it points to the need for listening closely to people with disabilities.
One consequence of the 2010 leader debates was that they almost entirely erased women from the political discussion. It has therefore been refreshing, and widely commented upon, that three of the party…
People catch up with the news of the earthquake at a kiosk in Kathmandu, Nepal.
EPA/Abir Abdullah
Nepal has thousands of journalists working in hundreds of media outlets and publications. But getting the story out about the deadly earthquake was no easy task.
While Microsoft, Google and Apple have had to answer questions in Canberra about whether they meet their tax obligations, their media activities seemingly defy regulation.
AAP/Nikki Short
Current regulations are a complete mismatch for today’s media practices and structures. While politicians shy from the debate, it’s time to heed public opinion and revisit the Finkelstein Report.
A soldier votes in last year’s election restoring civilian rule in Fiji, where the media are still struggling to achieve freedom of the press.
Pacific Media Centre/Mads Anneberg
Almost eight months after the much-heralded election to usher Fiji back into democracy mode, the country will mark World Press Freedom Day facing serious questions about its claims to have a free and fair media.
Shaping how the war is perceived through disseminating communiques has become a key feature of the Syrian conflict.
EPA/Youssef Badawi
While social media was the main forum for Syrian demonstrators to confront Bashar al-Assad’s media machine in 2011, FM radio is now the battleground for Syrian hearts and minds.
Media can influence our interpretation of suicide clusters.
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