National affairs
2 November 2017
Chris Gayle’s courtroom win shows the risks of the global campaign to expose alleged sexual predators
International
10 October 2017
Letter from Washington | Six weeks in Trump territory leaves our correspondent worried but grateful
Essays & reportage
18 September 2017
Despite Nick Xenophon’s efforts, less powerful players were squeezed out of the media reform deal
Essays & reportage
23 August 2017
Having started life as a tweet, IndigenousX helped reorient the constitutional recognition debate
National affairs
25 July 2017
Are the Big Four stifling competition and inhibiting growth? Pro-business commentators have joined the push to dilute their power
Essays & reportage
29 June 2017
State support for the press is commonplace in Europe, and it doesn’t appear to inhibit journalists. But does it bring real benefits?
National affairs
19 May 2017
Regardless of who owns Fairfax, it’s time for the company to put content at the centre of its business strategy
National affairs
4 May 2017
It’s day nine of a classic News Corp–Coalition culture-war crusade
National affairs
24 April 2017
A lot happened in the past fortnight. But not much happened in Newspoll
Retrospective
17 April 2017
The satirist inverted conventional journalistic formats to probe politics and power
National affairs
5 April 2017
The campaign to hide the full truth of Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war continues
Essays & reportage
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
30 March 2017
A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways
National affairs
17 March 2017
Injustices sometimes need to be resisted unlawfully, as critics of Sally McManus should know
Essays & reportage
10 March 2017
Surveys show how persistent – and persistently wrong – beliefs about welfare spending can be
International
24 February 2017
The story, so far, of the new president’s media strategy
National affairs
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
27 January 2017
Political life has always had an ambivalent relationship with verifiable facts
Books & arts
19 January 2017
Books | How can we protect free speech in a global village that’s more like a vast multicultural city?
Essays & reportage
19 January 2017
My unexpected lunch with James Fairfax, once heir to the media empire
International
28 December 2016
Old-fashioned reporting finally undid the unattractive creator of Fox News
International
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
5 December 2016
Broadcasting | Is Michelle Guthrie copping the blame for two decades of attacks on the ABC?
From the archive
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
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
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
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
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
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
5 July 2016
Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says David Hayes