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From the archive Stephen Mills 25 July 2012 The Liberals’ innovative 1949 election campaign offered voters an alternative worldview
National affairs Geoffrey Barker 19 July 2012 Olympic boosters don’t consider opportunity costs of Olympic competition, writes Geoffrey Barker. Meanwhile, the subsidies and scandals continue International Rodney Tiffen 10 July 2012 It’s a year since News Corporation’s cover-up of phone-hacking in Britain began to unravel. Rodney Tiffen takes stock of the damage so far, assesses the News… National affairs Rodney Tiffen 27 June 2012 Fairfax newspapers are part of the fabric of Australian democracy National affairs Kerry McCallum and Lisa Waller 22 June 2012 Anticipating media coverage is now a key element in the development of Indigenous policy, report Kerry McCallum and Lisa Waller
Essays & reportage Frank Bongiorno 7 June 2012 Frank Bongiorno traces the debate about blackness from Arthur Upfield to Andrew Bolt
National affairs Scott Ewing 5 June 2012 Scott Ewing finds the source of a baffling statistic National affairs Rodney Tiffen 31 May 2012 The Australian has it wrong at every step in its attack on Margaret Simons and the Finkelstein inquiry, writes Rodney Tiffen International Rodney Tiffen 3 May 2012 Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes Rodney Tiffen Books & arts Denis Muller 18 April 2012 Two new books wrestle with the issue of why readers’ trust in the media has plummeted, writes Denis Muller
National affairs Robert Milliken 3 April 2012 The NSW attorney-general has taken the politically risky step of trying to reduce the prison population, writes Robert Milliken
Essays & reportage Sally Young 3 April 2012 Self-interest underlies much of the debate about the Australian news media, writes Sally Young, and it’s threatening the future of quality journalism Books & arts Graeme Orr 6 March 2012 Despite the reaction of the press, the Finkelstein inquiry’s key recommendation deserves support, writes Graeme Orr Books & arts Klaus Neumann 1 March 2012 Does morality necessarily play a positive role in political debates, asks Klaus Neumann Correspondents Duncan Hewitt 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 Peter Clarke 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 Ramon Lobato 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 Sylvia Lawson 20 September 2011 Sylvia Lawson reviews Page One and Pina Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen 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 Ben Goldsmith 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 Jock Given 29 July 2011 Australians are likely to get a statutory right of privacy. Though it needs careful crafting, it’s high time
National affairs Alan Ramsey 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 Michael Gilding 26 July 2011 Fathers’ groups claim many children don’t know who their real father is. But what does the evidence say? Books & arts Peter Browne 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 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 Geoffrey Barker 18 July 2011 News Limited does some things very well, writes Geoffrey Barker. Self-analysis isn’t one of them
Books & arts Matthew Ricketson 29 June 2011 Journalists need to think more carefully about their relationships with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson National affairs Julian Thomas 7 April 2011 What does the government really want from its review of media policy, asks Julian Thomas Books & arts Rodney Tiffen 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… Correspondents Our correspondent in Rangoon 18 February 2011 Ross Dunkley headed a high-profile foreign-owned business caught up in a web of tensions, writes our correspondent in Rangoon