Sophie Black, a former Editor-in-Chief at Private Media, is Head of Publishing at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.
National affairs
When Fairfax went to court
Sophie Black
24 September 2018
With the ACCC’s inquiry into the Nine–Fairfax deal continuing, has the NZ High Court given it a lead?
National affairs
Power, in black and white
Sophie Black
22 August 2018
From the archive | A man who seems relaxed about making life-and-death decisions might not be the best person to wield greater power
National affairs
Cutting through
Sophie Black
3 July 2018
Donald Trump forgot the most basic lesson of Australia’s detention regime: don’t mention the children
National affairs
#MeToo gets closer to home
Sophie Black
29 May 2018
Are restrictive defamation laws discouraging Australian women from coming forward?
International
Zuckerberg’s gift
Sophie Black
24 April 2018
Facebook’s chief executive made a surprise admission to Congress earlier this month. Yet we’re in danger of letting him off the hook
National affairs
“We’re not just looking at who’s telling the stories, but the stories we’re choosing to tell”
Sophie Black
23 March 2018
#MeToo leapt to prominence by naming names, but it also kicked off a quiet revolution in the media (including a long-overdue New York Times obituary for Charlotte Bronte)
Books & arts
Leaning back
Sophie Black
10 November 2015
Books | What is valuable? What is important? What is right? What is natural? Anne-Marie Slaughter takes on the big issues confronting working women and men, writes Sophie Black
Books & arts
Girl, twenty-eight
Sophie Black
22 October 2014
Girls creator Lena Dunham has the knack of bottling the essence of the thing, writes Sophie Black
Books & arts
Fast fashion
Sophie Black
26 February 2013
Books | Elizabeth Cline’s three hundred-piece wardrobe makes her an average American consumer
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