National affairs
Good news from the News of the World
Tim Dwyer
20 July 2011
Steady concentration has been a feature of the Australian media landscape; the legislative challenge is to take advantage of the shift in sentiment, argues Tim Dwyer
National affairs
The scandal that almost wasn’t
Peter Browne
25 May 2010
Why did most of the media run dead on the Securency bribery allegations?
Essays & reportage
What it means to be a real journalist
Maria Tumarkin
28 April 2010
One reviewer accuses the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya of being hot-headed. Why has this become a pejorative term, asks Maria Tumarkin
National affairs
Why the Fairfax board needs media experience
Gerard Noonan
27 October 2009
The lack of key skills and experience is having an impact on this important institution, argues board candidate Gerard Noonan
Essays & reportage
Enter the Australian
Ken Inglis
14 July 2009
Rupert Murdoch’s national daily burst into print on 15 July 1964. Ken Inglis assessed the new paper later that month for Nation magazine
National affairs
Chill winds
Margaret Simons
1 December 2008
Amid the back slapping and back stabbing, this year’s Walkley Awards dinner highlighted the threat to quality journalism, writes Margaret Simons
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