Audio description allows blind people to visualise live performance details such as facial expression and stage position. The highly valued service is volunteer-dependent and offered by only a few theatres.…
Fairfax Media has started its latest voluntary redundancy program that will shed 1900 jobs. The re-structure includes a new operating model and new positions at the Sydney Morning Herald aimed…
Vitamin D deficiency is a problem in Australia and mushrooms could now play a role in addressing the issue. A University of Western Sydney study into the effects of Ultra…
Wild dogs attacking livestock is an ongoing issue for rural Australia and good conditions have led to increased threat. Peak Industry Body, Wool Producers, is calling on the Federal Government…
Despite bumper crops Australian orange growers are tightening their belts. They can’t sell all their juicing oranges this year and wonder why when banned pesticide residue is being found in…
University of Canberra Journalism lecturer, Crispin Hull, wrote a letter to five students explicitly requesting they abandon freedom of information requests. The students wanted to verify reports of planned cuts…
The Centre for Independent Journalism and the Australian Council of Social Services hosted this year’s NGO Media Forum at the NSW Teachers Federation in Surry Hills. The forum focused on…
The Finkelstein media report has sent the press into a frenzy about the notion of free speech. Some journalists say the hysteria is stifling community debate about effective complaint handling…
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has described the Finkelstein Report on media regulation as a huge disappointment. They say the proposal for a Government body to oversee all journalism…
Twitter continues to be a blessing for activists and journalists but in some cases remains an untapped opportunity for brands and politicians. People’s ability to visibly talk back — and…
The internet can be a gateway into a plethora of impersonal interaction tempered only by an occasional emoticon. But — as is often the case — technology could be about…
Erin O’Dwyer started her career as a journalist in 1997, writing for the Queensland Times and then the Courier Mail. It was an interesting time in QLD given Pauline Hanson…
Popular radio host, Kyle Sandilands, has again spewed his vile lyric. This time targeting online journalist, Alison Stephenson, for writing unfavourably about a new and failed TV show that is…
Harto entered Labor’s Independent Media Inquiry like a wounded bear come to confront his attackers. The mood was icy and the outgoing News Ltd chief was keen to set the…
As much as one might love — nay cut off an arm — to be able to take credit for the blog title obviously that is not possible. It was…
Sonia Neale is a media savvy advocate who has experienced mental illness. She said, “The reason I do this, the reason I tell my story, is that I want to…
There are some important goings on around media regulation at the moment. We have the Convergence Review (dealing with traditionally regulated broadcasters merging with the digital stream) and a new…
For this busy inner-city mosque a diverse congregation is celebrated. Leader, imam Hady, says this Muslim place of worship is not dominated by any one ethnic group. According to Mr…
An inquiry into the Australian media is being set up and views differ on how to support print media diversity. Stephen Mayne, journalist and founder of online newspaper, Crikey, said:…
Left in the wake of the NotW closure is a conversation about journalistic ethics and media ownership. NewsStand is an online organising vehicle set-up in response to that discussion and…
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has sent letters to Australian Government Ministers after journalists raised concerns about gaining access to Australian immigration detention centres. Alliance members have complained…
The Blank Page Summit is a gathering near the Billard Aboriginal Community in the Kimberley, Western Australia. Now in its third year, the summit seeks to bring together young people…
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Caroline Overington, reporter for News Ltd owned newspaper, The Australian, lashed out at critics of the Murdoch media empire. Overington’s article, titled: “Rivals get facts wrong in gloating” questions the…
The NotW fiasco has opened a Pandora’s Box in terms of questions around journalistic ethics and enforcement. The big issues of phone hacking and payments to police – central to…
The NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) currently has 132000 troops in Afghanistan – Australia contributes only 1500 soldiers. Despite the size of Australia’s contingent the Government is routinely…
World Press Photo 11 report. Featuring Jodi Bieber (winner of World Press Photo of the year for her photo of Afghani woman, Aisha), Sandra Harrison (Fairfax Managing Editor Photography),…
