When not to report
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
Under the Copyright Act, ‘Fair dealing’ allows for copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Isabelle Laskari explains the principles.
As current editor of The Big Issue and former foreign correspondent for The Age, Alan Attwood has had a varied career. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth talks to him about the street magazine and about not specialising as a writer.
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
Under the Copyright Act, ‘Fair dealing’ allows for copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Isabelle Laskari explains the principles.
As current editor of The Big Issue and former foreign correspondent for The Age, Alan Attwood has had a varied career. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth talks to him about the street magazine and about not specialising as a writer.
Defamation and the media’s role in it.
As the global press holds off on reporting the name of an Australian ‘star’ arrested by Scotland Yard detectives last week, Harvey Biggs explores the media’s role in informing the public sphere.
Under the Copyright Act, ‘Fair dealing’ allows for copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Isabelle Laskari explains the principles.
As current editor of The Big Issue and former foreign correspondent for The Age, Alan Attwood has had a varied career. Suzannah Marshall Macbeth talks to him about the street magazine and about not specialising as a writer.
In collaboration with students from La Trobe University’s Bachelor of Journalismand Master of Global Communicationsdegrees, upstart presents the 100 articles that every journalist should read about journalism.
In collaboration with students from La Trobe University’s Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Global Communications degrees, upstart presents the 100 articles that every journalist should read about journalism.
The quest for neutrality is taking its toll on American journalism, argues Jack Shafer, in this latest selection for our ‘100 articles’ list, which has been chosen by Jonathan Wilkinson.
Is television news a likely casualty of the rise of online media? Michael Kinsley considers its plight in this Washington Post article that’s been chosen by Jonathan Wilkinson to join our ‘100 articles’ list.
Opinion polls are everywhere. But journalists should be rigorous when interpreting them, cautions this piece from America’s National Council of Public Polls, which has been chosen by Michael Nolan to join our ‘100 articles’ list.
Paying for news might be seen as a stain on journalism practice. But the reality is more complex, says Jeremy W. Peters in this piece that’s been selected by Kate Scarff to join our our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
At an age when most people consider retirement, Ella Ebery was forging her career in journalism. Ashley Fritsch caught up with the now 95-year-old editor for our Working Journalist project.
Is exposure enough of a reward for writers who blog for free, such as bloggers at The Huffington Post? Celia Murray considers the fine line between exposure and exploitation.
In 1886 William Thomas Stead envisioned a new journalism. His blueprint, which has some surprisingly modern resonances, joins our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
Is it time to stop trying to define what a journalist is? Dan Gillmor says it is, in this piece selected by Sofia Monkiewicz for our ‘100 articles’ project.
Farah Farouque, a senior writer at The Age, has a passion for social issues which has shaped her career in journalism, as Vivien Durant discovers for our Working Journalist project.
A Columbia Journalism Review cover story characterising contemporary journalism as a hamster wheel has been selected by American journalist Carlton Purvis to join our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read.
Writer, broadcaster and academic Waleed Aly will join La Trobe University’s Dilemmas in Journalism class on today at 4pm at the Economics Lecture Theatre. All are welcome.
Journalists aren’t normally lost for words. But do we sometimes lack the vocabulary to fully appreciate the diversity of our own craft? That’s an issue raised by Matthew Ricketson in this latest instalment our list of the ‘100 articles’ about journalism that every journalist should read.
Confused about copyright? Then watch this guide by La Trobe journalism student Glen Clancy.
The media coverage of Liep Gony’s death made Matt de Neef wonder; why are some words censored in newspapers and not others?