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Correspondents
British eyes on Canberra’s mess
David Hayes
27 August 2018
Letter from London
| Australia’s political drama gives Britain respite from Brexit, along with a crash course in Canberrology
Essays & Reportage
Keeping company: encountering the Fairfax Media archive
Bridget Griffen-Foley
27 August 2018
While Fairfax’s future seems likely to be in the hands of Nine, much of its past has recently been made accessible at the State Library of New South Wales. At a symposium…
National Affairs
Notes from a prime ministerial assassination
Peter Brent
27 August 2018
Today’s Newspoll underlines how the change of leader didn’t play out in quite the way most people expected
National Affairs
The long shadow of 2009
Rodney Tiffen
23 August 2018
Malcolm Turnbull’s first stint as Liberal leader wounded him deeply, with ultimately fatal results. Another change of leader is likely to do the same to this government
Essays & Reportage
Alive to every pulse beat
Laurie Oakes
13 August 2018
More than anyone, Warren Denning was responsible for initiating the ABC’s coverage of Canberra politics
National Affairs
“Of course they say there are no competition issues. They always do”
Julian Thomas
2 August 2018
Against expectations, Fairfax, Nine and the government are running up against the regulator
National Affairs
Keeping the Age noisy
Sybil Nolan
31 July 2018
From the archive
| The
Age
’s history shows how Fairfax’s strategy put the paper’s identity at risk
National Affairs
Labor and the moguls
Frank Bongiorno
27 July 2018
Australia’s last great media upheaval gave Rupert Murdoch the green light to dominate the press
National Affairs
The end of Fairfax as we knew it
Margaret Simons
26 July 2018
Nine’s takeover is the logical outcome of bad media policy, and we’ll all live with the consequences
National Affairs
How Packer slipped on Fairfax, with help from Malcolm Turnbull
Rodney Tiffen
26 July 2018
When Channel Nine last tried to gain control of Fairfax, the broadcaster’s proprietor ran into trouble and an old friendship was sundered
National Affairs
It’s not (just) cricket
Rodney Tiffen
7 July 2018
Are we seeing the destruction by stealth of the anti-siphoning rules?
Books & Arts
Privacy by design
Megan Richardson
4 July 2018
Books
| Badly designed technologies can trap users and thwart their understanding, argues lawyer–scientist Woodrow Hartzog. Good design can do the opposite
National Affairs
The rise and fall of Western civilisation
Frank Bongiorno
26 June 2018
Did the Ramsay Centre throw away its best chance by pushing ANU too far?
Books & Arts
The journo who never got away
Michael Cannon
5 June 2018
Books
| Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton doesn’t burn
all
his bridges in his frank new memoir
National Affairs
#MeToo gets closer to home
Sophie Black
29 May 2018
Are restrictive defamation laws discouraging Australian women from coming forward?
Correspondents
Cambodia’s media conundrum
Erin Handley
16 May 2018
Did journalists who left the
Phnom Penh Post
after its sale this month make the right decision?
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
Essays & Reportage
Face to face with journalism’s future
James Panichi
26 March 2018
Politico
’s takeover of a sleepy weekly at Europe’s political epicentre promised great things. But something went wrong when the big stories began to break
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)
Essays & Reportage
The chronicler we deserve?
Matthew Ricketson & Rodney Tiffen
22 February 2018
Michael Wolff’s book owes a large debt to the ethically grounded work of the journalists he professes to disdain
National Affairs
Why the ABC was right — eventually
Peter Brent
19 February 2018
The mystery is why Emma Alberici’s article was published in the first place
Essays & Reportage
You are no longer the product
Tom Greenwell
6 February 2018
Dutch news site
De Correspondent
represents a radical challenge to traditional journalistic practice. Now, it’s about to launch in the United States
National Affairs
Duchesses and overlords
Graeme Smith
18 January 2018
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Maurice Newman share a deep suspicion of China’s intentions in the Pacific. But the reality doesn’t match their claims
National Affairs
Geoffrey Rush’s day in court
Sally McCausland
11 December 2017
The scene is set for a showdown in the Federal Court next year, as the distinguished actor vehemently defends his reputation. But how is the case likely to unfold?
Correspondents
From cascade to citadel
David Hayes
6 December 2017
How the post-Weinstein furore shook British politics
Books & Arts
Historian of the present
Peter Browne
5 December 2017
Ken Inglis was not only a widely admired historian but also a gifted reporter and a sharp-eyed pioneer of press criticism
National Affairs
Big picture, few hilltops
Margaret Simons
14 November 2017
Where is the ABC heading? Michelle Guthrie’s latest announcement doesn’t make the future much clearer
National Affairs
Triple-century challenge
Sally McCausland
2 November 2017
Chris Gayle’s courtroom win shows the risks of the global campaign to expose alleged sexual predators
Correspondents
Breakfast in America
Graeme Dobell
10 October 2017
Letter from Washington
| Six weeks in Trump territory leaves our correspondent worried but grateful
Essays & Reportage
Dance of the elephants
Matthew Ricketson
18 September 2017
Despite Nick Xenophon’s efforts, less powerful players were squeezed out of the media reform deal
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