Today, the government released a review into Australia’s patchwork of a secrecy law system. The proposed changes are a step in the right direction, but there’s so much more work to do.
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Gareth Jones reported on Moscow’s genocide against the Ukrainian people in the 1930s. His story holds lessons and an example for those reporting on the latest conflict.
Democratic freedoms alone are not adequate safeguards for the media’s anti-corruption work.
The freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
The former president’s stranglehold on the press made it very difficult for journalists to do their jobs.
The Conversation Canada recently conducted its first survey of readers and authors. The results were encouraging.
While the Liberal party reaped mega dollars at Nine’s Monday fundraiser, Nine and its chief executive faced a backlash from staff at the company’s recently acquired former Fairfax newspapers.
Reporters and editors in Rwanda saw themselves as unifiers, and that meant working to promote unity and reconciliation.
CNN has just announced it has hired a former Trump administration official to help direct political coverage. A storm of criticism ensued. But political hacks have long found a home in journalism.
The problem is not the journalism itself, but the editorial processes that increasingly rely on non-journalistic procedures and practices.
Fake news is not new, but it is inevitable and inescapable - which is why we need uncomfortable, critical and truthful journalism to prevail.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Programme Leader for MA International Journalism, University of Salford
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Professor of Public Communication, Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield
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Assistant Professor, Journalism and Director of Graduate Studies, Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Assistant Professor, Regis University
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Associate professor, University of South Africa
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Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
