Journalism
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Australia’s media: Just another corporate interest, one that leaks journalism as a byproduct
The past few weeks have not been kind to Australia’s three largest media companies. Bernard Keane Crikey Kerry Stokes’ Seven…
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Civil wrongs
Labor probably thought this would be a week where they got some credit for plans to improve press freedoms – even if…
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Why independent journalism matters
While journalism has increasingly pursued clicks and likes, hot takes and shock value, Le Monde diplomatique has stuck to its course.…
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ABC complains about Nazi comparison by Sky guest Bronwyn Bishop
In a letter sent on Friday to Sky News boss Paul Whittaker, ABC News director Justin Stevens complained about “deeply…
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More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop
At the time of writing, the committee said at least 39 journalists and media workers had been killed in the…
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Objectivity serves the powerful, and silences the oppressed
And yet, Palestine has shown us how colonial notions of ‘objectivity’ pave the way for genocide. Amy McQuire Pearls and…
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A Death in Malta by Paul Caruana Galizia review – courage under fire
Journalism. John Simpson The Guardian So is outing hapless celebrities over their sex lives, or researching long-form pieces about the…
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To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism
Fortunately, there has been a resurgence of innovative business models aimed at sustaining local journalism in the digital age. Laura…
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Large Language Mimicry
The complexity and hype surrounding Large Language Models make it difficult to disentangle the arguments about generative AI’s potential harms.…
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Trial begins for Iranian journalist arrested for reporting on Mahsa Amini’s death
Months of nationwide protests erupted after Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died on September 16 following her arrest for allegedly violating the country’s…
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What Facebook Does (and Doesn’t) Have to Do with Ethiopia’s Ethnic Violence
Much greater effort from the company is warranted. ICG But Meta’s task is hardly straightforward. In December 2022, the son…
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Despite years of right-wing rhetoric, turns out people like being woke
But will the media change its tune? Christopher Warren Crikey There’s so much going on in the war on woke…
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Paul Keating’s AUKUS criticism will sting for Labor’s most senior ministers but it won’t stop the submarines deal
The relationship between the Labor government and the party’s elder statesman Paul Keating has been sunk. In truth, it was…
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Australia’s media improve on diversity – but there’s still a long way to go
Our latest research shows that while the news industry is beginning to address its lack of diversity, there is still much work…
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Single Source Sabotage
It was painful to have to doubt Seymour Hersh’s explosive Substack story1 last month in which he claimed that back in…
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Judges, journalists and military veterans targeted in ‘unprecedented’ spy threat on Australia
Journalists, military veterans and judicial figures are being targeted by foreign espionage agencies at “unprecedented” levels, with the country’s intelligence…
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