If we want better journalism, make the industry more diverse
After Christchurch, we wondered how our media enabled anti-Muslim sentiment. A year on, and the landscape is very much the same.
To avoid a global panic, journalists must cover the coronavirus responsibility
With the coronavirus now classified a pandemic, the responsibility now lies with the media to cover it properly.
The closure of AAP is yet another blow to journalism in Australia
The closure of AAP is more than losing almost a century of tradition, it represents a lack of opportunity for the journalists of tomorrow.
The modern media’s objectivity ends with their slogans
The problem in media today is not bias or a lack of objectivity, as is so often argued, but rather a press that pretends to be something it is not.
How celebrity “experts” change the way we think
One of the greatest crimes of the internet is the elevation of famous faux-experts. But there’s a reason why Gwyneth Paltrow continues to cash in.
“He will be cut off from humanity” journalist John Pilger speaks for Assange
Legendary Australian journalist John Pilger has described the “darkness” that awaits Julian Assange should we allow his extradition.
