Monthly Archives: October 2010
Beyond Parody
Caroline Overington today wrote on rumours that Meanjin will be going online only (She’s agreeing with Peter Craven’s view that if Meanjin goes online only it will “cease effectively to exist”): Craven doesn’t mean that it won’t find an audience, … Continue reading
A good start
Quelle surprise – today brought a Twitter-baiting editorial from The Australian (link intentionally omitted): TWITTER has become the dunny-door graffiti of the digital age, adding precisely nothing to the sum of human knowledge. This week, as always, unattributed commentary scrolled … Continue reading
Clippings from my reading
I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading in preparation for a long essay on you know what. A couple of quotes I thought I’d share by way of a post this week. The first is from James W. Carey’s … Continue reading
Desperately seeking AHNG newsletter subscription.
Pleading/lazyweb post – does anyone know where to sign up for the Australian Newspaper History Group email newsletter? All the emails I can find by Googling bounce back. I’d be most grateful if someone could let me know.
Beecher vs The Drum
Just a late arvo quickie on Crikey publisher Eric Beecher’s red hot go at The Drum, which the Australian featured prominently in its media section today. Key paragraph from Lara Sinclair’s story: “As a huge supporter of the ABC, I … Continue reading
Geoff Craig on political interviews.
I’ve moved a fair bit in the last few years. One of the upsides is finding out about what new colleagues are into, research-wise, and UC’s been no execption here. I got an invitation to a seminar on Monday that … Continue reading
Brief historical reflections on anonymity and pseudonymity
I The arrogance journalists have lately displayed about the culture of online political discussion may be forgivable; their ignorance about their own profession and the history of publishing isn’t. In what Possum has aptly called the “faux debate” about the … Continue reading
Last word on #Groggate
Last word, and for mine, the best, goes to our marsupial friend over on Margaret Simons’s thread: There was never any “public interest” involved, it was always “journos interest”. When you have a gallery filled with rampaging egos whose intellectual … Continue reading
Grand Final reflections: News, the League and public accountability
A great Grand Final yesterday showed, once again, that Rugby League has an uncanny ability to seal up the holes punched in it and carry on, a bit like the T-1000 in James Cameron’s Terminator 2. I’ve joked before that … Continue reading