16 December 2011
A growing number of Chinese are bothered by the gap between reality and the way the media portrays society and politics, reports Duncan Hewitt. And the media itself is…
Podcasts
11 October 2011
Peter Clarke talks to Margaret Simons and Tim Dunlop about the federal government’s media inquiry and the fallout from the judgement in the Andrew Bolt case
Books & arts
28 September 2011
Robert Manne’s new anti-Murdoch polemic paints a familiar picture of bias and bullying at the Australian, writes Ramon Lobato. So what else is new?
Books & arts
20 September 2011
Sylvia Lawson reviews Page One and Pina
Essays & reportage
15 September 2011
With the Leveson inquiry into the British press starting work in London, Rodney Tiffen looks at what the phone-hacking scandal has revealed so far about media, politics…
Books & arts
17 August 2011
The screening of the ABC’s ambitious courtroom drama, Crownies, coincides with a renewed debate about Australian content. Ben Goldsmith has been watching them both
Books & arts
29 July 2011
Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
National affairs
27 July 2011
Rob Chalmers, editor, journal and occasional Inside Story contributor, died this week after an extraordinary period in the Canberra Press Gallery. Alan Ramsey pays tribute
Essays & reportage
26 July 2011
Fathers’ groups claim many children don’t know who their real father is. But what does the evidence say?
Books & arts
21 July 2011
Curbing News Limited's reach wouldn’t be simple, writes Peter Browne, but there are other ways to encourage diversity
National affairs
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
18 July 2011
News Limited does some things very well, writes Geoffrey Barker. Self-analysis isn’t one of them
Books & arts
29 June 2011
Journalists need to think more carefully about their relationships with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson
National affairs
7 April 2011
What does the government really want from its review of media policy, asks Julian Thomas
Books & arts
16 March 2011
Australia’s history of international broadcasting is littered with mis-steps, writes Rodney Tiffen. Will the government’s current tendering process see it…
18 February 2011
Ross Dunkley headed a high-profile foreign-owned business caught up in a web of tensions, writes our correspondent in Rangoon
2 February 2011
The next casualties of Britain’s phone-hacking controversy could come from the media, politics or the police. But whoever falls next, it probably won’t be good news…
International
2 December 2010
The WikiLeaks disclosures show the need to balance private and public diplomacy, writes Geoffrey Barker
International
29 October 2010
Fox News isn’t only partisan – it’s now an active player within the Republican Party. The consequences could be serious, writes Rodney Tiffen
Podcasts
16 September 2010
Neither the major parties nor the media coped well with the seventeen days of uncertainty after the election. Peter Clarke talks to Sophie Black and Brian …
National affairs
27 August 2010
The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported
National affairs
13 August 2010
Mark Davis and Miriam Lyons outline the main themes of the new book, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia Needs Now
National affairs
10 August 2010
Tony Abbott’s family is playing an unprecedented role in this election, but will it shift votes, asks Stephanie Younane Brookes
Podcasts
18 June 2010
The story of how two journalists unearthed the Securency scandal shows what would be lost if newspapers stop funding investigative journalism. They talked to Peter Clarke
National affairs
9 June 2010
The federal government has increased the stakes in the debate over mining taxes. Stephanie Brookes looks at the thinking behind the government’s ad blitz –…
Essays & reportage
3 June 2010
Sydney’s media moguls took off the gloves on a winter’s night in 1960 – and the Packers lost
National affairs
16 May 2010
What does $25 million worth of consultancy conclude about the national broadband network, asks Jock Given
Books & arts
12 May 2010
Graham Perkin’s news editor, Geoffrey Barker, discusses Ben Hills’s biography of the legendary newspaper editor
National affairs
1 April 2010
The Australian talks about climate change with (almost) one voice
National affairs
26 March 2010
Most coverage of the home insulation controversy ignored history and avoided simple mathematics, writes Rodney Tiffen