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National affairs Peter Brent 24 April 2017 A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll
Essays & reportage Matthew Ricketson 11 April 2017 The satirist inverted conventional journalistic formats to probe politics and power National affairs Tom Hyland 5 April 2017 The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues Essays & reportage Sybil Nolan 4 April 2017 From the archive | Are Facebook, Google and Apple as different from the old news media as they claim to be? Sybil Nolan looks at their vertical transition David Hayes 30 March 2017 A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
National affairs Peter Mares 17 March 2017 Injustices sometimes need to be resisted unlawfully, as critics of Sally McManus should know
Essays & reportage Peter Whiteford 10 March 2017 Surveys show how persistent – and persistently wrong – beliefs about welfare spending can be International Rodney Tiffen 24 February 2017 The story, so far, of the new president’s media strategy  National affairs Jane Goodall 8 February 2017 There’s plenty of politics on ABC TV’s weekly evening marathon, but is the national broadcaster taking it all seriously enough? National affairs Norman Abjorensen 27 January 2017 Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts
Books & arts Jock Given 19 January 2017 Books | How can we protect free speech in a global village that’s more like a vast multicultural city?
Essays & reportage Andrew Dodd 19 January 2017 My unexpected lunch with James Fairfax, once heir to the media empire International Matthew Ricketson 28 December 2016 Old-fashioned reporting finally undid the unattractive creator of Fox News International Rodney Tiffen 26 December 2016 It seemed like a good year for Rupert Murdoch, but will Donald Trump’s victory come back to haunt Fox News? Books & arts Jane Goodall 5 December 2016 Broadcasting | Is Michelle Guthrie copping the blame for two decades of attacks on the ABC?
From the archive Peter Brent 13 October 2016 A critic-turned-employee of the Australian recalls the highs and lows of dealing with Chris Mitchell, editor-in-chief
Essays & reportage John Fitzgerald 27 September 2016 Beijing’s role in the Chinese community media in Australia is increasingly in conflict with its own demand for respect Essays & reportage Tom Greenwell 13 September 2016 A historic shift has given readers the edge over advertisers in determining the news media’s viability, writes Tom Greenwell. But what will that mean in practice? Essays & reportage Sally Young & Fay Anderson 7 September 2016 Much has changed since the earliest photojournalism, write Sally Young and Fay Anderson. But some challenges have made a comeback in the digital age Essays & reportage Matthew Ricketson 4 August 2016 We now know much about what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. But the earliest reliable news came from maverick journalists, writes Matthew Ricketson
David Hayes 29 July 2016 The anatomist of Britain and ally of South African freedom, born ninety years ago, was a pioneer in journalism, says David Hayes
David Hayes 5 July 2016 Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says David Hayes National affairs Sally McCausland 10 June 2016 Two recent defamation decisions illustrate how the law can be bad for both sides when cases go to court, writes Sally McCausland International John Fitzgerald 18 April 2016 China needs no help in silencing its critics at home and abroad. So how did Australia come to be part of the problem, asks John Fitzgerald From the archive David Hayes 25 March 2016 The last print run of a once vital newspaper has been hailed as a digital ascent. But it’s more complicated than that
Books & arts Sylvia Lawson 3 February 2016 Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Spotlight and The Big Short
Books & arts 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 Sylvia Lawson 15 December 2015 Cinema | Philip Noyce’s 1978 feature was an antidote to the tasteful costume dramas of the reviving Australian film industry, writes Sylvia Lawson Books & arts Brett Evans 11 December 2015 Books | Paddy Manning’s biography of Malcolm Turnbull reveals a man in a blazing hurry, writes Brett Evans Books & arts 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