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Anchors away
Jane Goodall
17 December 2015
Television
| News anchors are taking on a life of their own, writes
Jane Goodall
. But are we losing something in the process?
Books & Arts
Code-breakers
Carolyn Holbrook
10 December 2015
Books
| Australian women have been reporting from war zones since the beginning of the twentieth century, and sometimes that’s meant stepping over the line
Books & Arts
The enigma of Keith Murdoch
Michael Cannon
18 November 2015
A new biography reveals a complex and contentious figure
Books & Arts
The grilling season
Jane Goodall
23 September 2015
Television
| Monday night’s ABC interviews showed how TV can be dangerous for politicians in unexpected ways, writes
Jane Goodall
National Affairs
Why Bill Shorten and Labor can afford to ignore Rupert Murdoch
Rodney Tiffen
23 June 2015
With declining reach and influence, the Murdoch empire can no longer determine election results, writes
Rodney Tiffen
Summer season
War stories
Jeannine Baker
15 April 2015
Women reporters showed they could report alongside men during the second world war
National Affairs
Tabloid tweeter tangles the truth
Rodney Tiffen
18 December 2014
Australia’s most powerful American citizen increasingly sees reality in the same way as the Tea Party, says
Rodney Tiffen
Books & Arts
Gatsby goes to China
John Fitzgerald
9 December 2014
Evan Osnos has written a remarkable book about the world’s most populous country, writes
John Fitzgerald
. But is it too distinctively an American view?
Books & Arts
Making the cut
Ken Haley
27 November 2014
Ken Haley
finds much to like in this tribute to some of the greats of Australian journalism
Books & Arts
Ah, yes, there you are
Richard Johnstone
1 October 2014
Photographer Jane Bown sought to unearth something essential and make it visible
Books & Arts
Money and morality
Stuart Macintyre
19 September 2014
Stuart Macintyre
reviews a new biography of the titan of Australian newspaper proprietors, David Syme
Books & Arts
Whom the gods wish to destroy…
Ken Haley
7 August 2014
Ben Hills offers a distinctive take on what went wrong for Fairfax, writes
Ken Haley
National Affairs
In praise of the strong proprietor
Mark Day
14 July 2014
The
Australian
exists because Rupert Murdoch is an old-fashioned media mogul willing to follow his instincts, argues former editor
Mark Day
in this talk from…
National Affairs
Wacky backy
Rodney Tiffen
12 July 2014
When the
Australian
waded into the tobacco packaging debate it was met with a barrage of well-informed criticism. The paper’s response was to dig in
Essays & Reportage
Near-death on Mort Street
Peter Browne
6 July 2014
By the time the first edition of the
Australian
hit the streets, a vital part of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy had gone awry
Essays & Reportage
How American servicemen found Ernestine Hill in their kitbags
Anna Johnston
27 June 2014
Blending journalism, romance and travelogue,
The Great Australian Loneliness
crossed a different set of borders during the second world war
Books & Arts
The lack of men, the lack of reinforcement, the lack of munitions
Mark Baker
3 June 2014
Phillip Schuler’s dispatches from Gallipoli captured the horror and the heroism for Australian readers, writes
Mark Baker
Books & Arts
True believers
Sybil Nolan
29 May 2014
The
Saturday Paper
displays both the strengths and limitations of a primarily print-based publication, writes
Sybil Nolan
Essays & Reportage
This narrated life
Maria Tumarkin
21 May 2014
Storytelling may fit the zeitgeist, but there are truths it can’t reach, writes
Maria Tumarkin
Books & Arts
Seduction or safety?
Matthew Ricketson
5 May 2014
Writer Joe McGinniss, who died in March, became a lightning rod for criticism of the way journalists deal with their sources, writes
Matthew Ricketson
Books & Arts
New news is better than no news
Scott Bridges
22 January 2014
A new book encourages a different way of thinking about “news" and how it’s presented on television, writes
Scott Bridges
National Affairs
Rupert Murdoch’s sixtieth anniversary and the hazards of longevity
Rodney Tiffen
16 October 2013
Rupert Murdoch may have set a world record for longevity in corporate governance, but his reputation would stand higher if he had retired ten years ago, writes
Rodney Tiffen
Books & Arts
Caught on a fast-moving train
Scott Bridges
13 September 2013
Journalism is increasingly becoming a matter of selecting from an avalanche of material, writes
Scott Bridges
Books & Arts
Fairfax adrift: the view from Sydney
Sybil Nolan
30 August 2013
Readers and journalists are mostly missing from two recent books about the troubles at Fairfax, writes
Sybil Nolan
Podcasts
Making the news
Peter Clarke
2 July 2013
With a federal election looming,
Peter Clarke
talks to the director of ABC News, Kate Torney, about the challenges facing the corporation’s news-gatherers
Essays & Reportage
Shaping the Herald: Sir Keith Murdoch seen through his confidential memoranda
Michael Cannon
29 June 2013
As managing editor of the Melbourne
Herald
, Keith Murdoch battled employers, sensation-mongering and overly large headlines in a remarkable series of notes to his senior…
Books & Arts
Torn in two parts
Bridget Griffen-Foley
21 June 2013
On the anniversary of its publication,
Bridget Griffen-Foley
reviews John Douglas Pringle’s self-deprecating account of a much-admired career
International
How Al Jazeera took on the (English-speaking) world
Scott Bridges
19 October 2012
The ABC’s decision to use reports from the controversial Doha-based network makes sense from up close
National Affairs
Why Fairfax matters
Rodney Tiffen
27 June 2012
Fairfax newspapers are part of the fabric of Australian democracy
National Affairs
The more things change…
Geoffrey Barker
25 June 2012
There was no golden age for newspapers, writes
Geoffrey Barker
. Which means we shouldn’t be too pessimistic about the future
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