Tag: Journalism
ABC journalists honoured at Qld media awards
ABC North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy was named Queensland journalist of the year at the annual state media awards in Brisbane on Saturday night.[MORE]
Hit man sting journalists avoid conviction
Two Channel Nine journalists who were found guilty of breaching the Listening Devices Act have escaped a conviction. [MORE]
Media training centre wins support
Geraldton Universities Centre is teaming up with local media organisations to deliver a specialist journalism research and training institute. [MORE]
Mamdouh Habib awarded $5k in defamation case
Former terror suspect Mamdouh Habib has been awarded $5,000 in a defamation case against a Sydney newspaper.[MORE]
Journalists fear return to apartheid-era laws
A group of prominent journalists is accusing the South African government of bringing back apartheid-era press laws that could undermine democracy.[MORE]
Problem solving journalism Danish-style
On Monday night wanna-be journalist Mark Latham was on SKY News - at the same time as his former friend and colleague Julia Gillard was appearing on the ABC's Q&A program.[MORE]
Gillard tackles rangas, rabbits and religion
Julia Gillard tackled serious policy issues and lighter topics when she faced the audience on ABC TV's Q&A program last night.[MORE]
Latham defends Gillard confrontation
Former Labor leader Mark Latham has defended his behaviour when he confronted Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the weekend.[MORE]
Newspapers look to e-reader future
A media analyst in Australia is predicting that the days of reading printed newspapers are numbered.[MORE]
Indonesian court upholds Balibo ban
A court in Jakarta has upheld an Indonesian government ban on the Australian feature film Balibo, saying it could incite political tensions. [MORE]
No comment: Murdoch not drawn on preferred PM
Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch declines an opportunity to nominate who he would like to see win the election.[MORE]
Keating, news and that vexing right to know
Most of the Australian media, will go gunning for Paul Keating who argues against media self-regulation where privacy is concerned.[MORE]
Everything you ever wanted to know about campaigning... but didn't
A sneak-peek behind the scenes to find out everything you ever wanted to know about campaigning... but didn't.[MORE]
Alannah and Tony touch up their inner idiots
Why is it that the people whose opinions we don't much care for are the ones who are first to open their mouths and share them?* Something of interest occurs and the first folk racing to pass judgement are Carrie Bickmore, Kyle Sandilands, and Jason Ackermanis. It simply doesn't seem fair.[MORE]
Brumby's weaving has journalists seething
Dodging journalists' questions is an art practised by most politicians, as they climb the slippery ladder to leadership.[MORE]
Agendas and bias on the media trail
On Monday July 19, the first Newspoll of the election campaign proper was published. It gave Labor a 10-point lead over the Coalition, and Julia Gillard a 19-point lead as preferred prime minister over Tony Abbott - a dramatic improvement from the Newspoll four weeks earlier, immediately before Rudd was ousted.[MORE]
Critics slam 'irresponsible' Walkley sponsorship
Fresh concerns are being raised about the level of influence corporations are wielding over Australian journalists.[MORE]
World news: reports on Afghan Wikileaks
The latest internationally in the extraordinary Wikileaks Warlogs story. [MORE]
Wikileaks founder defends war files leak
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has defended his release of 91,000 classified United States military documents.[MORE]
ABC launches ABC News 24 channel
Australia's first free-to-air, around-the-clock TV news service has been launched in Sydney.[MORE]
News 24 channel to launch tonight
The ABC will switch on Australia's first free-to-air digital 24-hour news channel tonight.[MORE]
Who watches the watchers?
No-one is questioning the need for a strong and effective counter-terrorism apparatus, but is it as good as it should be?[MORE]
Journalist broke law during 'hitman' sting
Two Channel Nine employees have been found guilty of breaching the law after secretly filming an ex-mayor discussing a plan to murder a male escort.[MORE]
Court grants bail to Conrad Black
Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black has been granted bail by a US court as he appeals a six-and-a-half year jail term.[MORE]
Balance the scales, it's election time
It's election time - or soon will be. And across the ABC, journalists and editors are preparing themselves for the fray.[MORE]
