Tag: Journalism
Well-readhead: e-reader vs the good old book
E-readers vs the ye olde book - here's what I think.[MORE]
Belgians get 3D newspaper
A Belgian media group has published Europe's first 3D newspaper, complete with flip-out cardboard viewing glasses.[MORE]
ABC chair criticises climate change coverage
ABC chairman Maurice Newman has attacked the media for being too willing to accept the conventional wisdom on climate change. [MORE]
Climate change reporting: balanced or biased?
What defines balance or bias in coverage of the climate change debate?[MORE]
BBC confirms cuts to radio, online services
The BBC will slash spending on its online services and close two radio stations in a shake-up designed to boost funding for programs.[MORE]
Afghanistan bans coverage of Taliban attacks
Afghanistan announced a ban on news coverage of Taliban strikes on Monday, saying such coverage only emboldened the Islamist militants, whose latest strikes killed six in the southern city of Kandahar.[MORE]
Well-readhead: For haters of The Beatles, Breakfast at Tiffany's or War and Peace
Feature
What 'classics' of film, music or literature do the experts, in every field, secretly loathe?[MORE]
Malice, misquotes and Media Watch
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If Piers Akerman had any regard for his own status, and the craft of journalism, he should front up and admit he got it wrong. [MORE]
Media urges FOI reform
A coalition of Australia's 12 largest media organisations says journalists and the public should have greater access to cabinet documents.[MORE]
Brumby reignites row with India
John Brumby reignites war of words with India with call for balance in media coverage.[MORE]
Bullish News Corp result buoys Murdoch
Welcoming a bullish quarterly result, Rupert Murdoch has told reporters that News Corporation is in advanced talks with other media companies to charge for online content.[MORE]
Key promises more SAS transparency
The New Zealand government has surprised media outlets across the Tasman by announcing it plans to be more open about the activities of its elite SAS troops.[MORE]
Reporting Haiti: no sidelines in hell
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Correspondent Craig McMurtrie and cameraman Dan Sweetapple give an honest account of reporting in Haiti.[MORE]
24-hour news is well within the ABC charter
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Critics of the ABC's new 24 hour news channel have referred to the ABC Charter as if it might somehow exclude the ABC from providing such a service. In fact, the opposite is true. The Charter sets out precisely why the ABC Board has endorsed this new venture.[MORE]
Papers rapped for showing SAS man's face
Two New Zealand newspapers are defending their decision to publish a photograph which clearly identifies a New Zealand SAS soldier in Afghanistan.[MORE]
NY Times puts up website paywall
The New York Times will make people pay for articles online starting next year.[MORE]
Journalist dies after police beating
A journalist has died after being beaten in police custody, the latest in a string of scandals involving violence and corruption among Russian law-enforcement officers.[MORE]
Defending the indefensible
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Ties are uncomfortable, hot and tainted by the sort of colonial claptrap that sent poor old Lieutenant Walter Hamilton into the face of Afghan cannons. They have been implicated in the spread of swine flu, they have been blamed for accidental and deliberate chokings, vasoconstriction, the aggravation of weakened retinas, and glaucoma. Yet ABC News managers still insist on defending the indefensible...reporters must wear ties on camera.[MORE]
UK journalist killed in Afghanistan
Journalist from Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper killed by roadside bomb while on patrol with US Marines.[MORE]
Bushfire tragedy inspired the best from Australian journalists
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There's no denying that Media Watch tends to reinforce in the public's mind the notion that all journalists are heartless hacks. Yet for the most part, argues Jonathan Holmes, the Victorian bushfires brought out the best in Australian journalism.[MORE]
Regulating the regulator
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Media Watch hosts have frequently been caustic about the Australian Communications and Media Authority: about its slowness in following up complaints; about how reluctant it is to take the initiative itself (though it has the power to do so); and about how pathetic the sanctions are when breaches of the broadcasters' Codes of Practice are established. All this makes Jonathan Holmes wonder whether Australia actually needs an official government regulator overseeing the Codes of Practice drawn up by the broadcasters.[MORE]
A year of prurience
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Annabel Crabb says the new information age has created a culture of unrestrained nosiness.[MORE]
At My Table: News for nine-year-olds
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When a nine-year-old muses over the global financial crisis and the US Presidential election at the kitchen table, there's a good bet his parents are journalists. From lost seal pups to Copenhagen, Eleanor Hall looks back on the news topics that dominated this week's kitchen table discussions.[MORE]
Balibo probe still in 'early stages'
A probe into the Balibo Five killings is still in its early stages, Federal Police say.[MORE]
Balibo Five were killed deliberately: soldier
A former Indonesian soldier says troops deliberately killed the Balibo Five.[MORE]
