Category Archives: Media
Fairfax and Finkelstein
The Finkelstein Report earlier this year: In considering the current state of the press in Australia, the Inquiry has given considerations to not only the submissions received but also to an extensive range of other local and international evidence. From … Continue reading
The Global Mail: an inside job.
This might seem like wisdom after the event. But I’ve actually been mulling over these thoughts on The Global Mail for a while. My reluctance to criticise the site until now, after it has lost its inaugural editor, might have … Continue reading
Iain Dale’s whinge about Australia’s Parliament
Prominent British political blogger Iain Dale is visiting our country at the moment, and he’s had a piece published on the BBC’s website about our national Parliament’s Question Time. Dale notes that Question Time here is a much rowdier affair … Continue reading
Vale @Jen_Bennett’s Woollahra Council Livetweets
I am happy and sad this week as journalist Jennifer Bennett moves on from Sydney local paper the Wentworth Courier to the Campus Review. Happy because she’s a friend with a new gig and she’ll now be employed reporting on … Continue reading
Playing with politics
Another paper-spruiking post. Playing with politics (PDF download) is a reasonably final draft of a paper that will be appearing in a special issue of Convergence later this year. The special issue is about mobile media and mobile games, so … Continue reading
Sunrise to Sunset
Hello, blog, it’s been awhile. I’ll dispense with the reflex apologies, and just say that it’s been a busy semester with two unit coordinations and the new role of Convenor of journalism at UC. Yes, yes #firstworldproblems. Anyway, I have … Continue reading
Me at The Drum on The Drum.
Got a piece over at the Drum this morning, which goes over some stuff I’ve raised here earlier: Is the ABC illegitimately competing with commercial media outlets by offering online opinion with its online offerings? This is a separate question … Continue reading
Some writing.
Just a couple of research related things that I thought blog readers might find interesting. First – I had a piece in Crikey today using Leximancer to crunch election coverage. The piece runs exactly parallel with some research I’m currently … Continue reading
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