Fourth Estate

This week we compare American and Australian national election media coverage. We discuss where our politics is, what role the media may have played shaping the very process it's reporting on and can the media fight back or change? Monica Attard spoke with Damien Cave, New York Times and Michael Miller, The Washington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As week two of the election campaign kicks off, Tina Quinn speaks with Sushi Das, Margaret Simons and Amanda Copp to talk discerning fact from fiction, amidst the ever-growing issue of disinformation.And has the media become trapped in reporting on political campaigns as if they were a horse race? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of Fourth Estate, we discuss the sub-genre of election podcasts. Why have they become a staple for media outlets to include in their election coverage?Marlene Even speaks with Dr. Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University, and Columnist Professor Mark Kenny, host of the podcast Democracy Sausage and Director of the National Press Club of Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we discuss Australia's relationship with Pacific Island media. In light of a federal parliamentary committee recommendation that the Australian Government expand its media footprint in the Pacific Island region.Marlene Even spoke with Georgina Kekea, Freelance Journalist based in Solomon Islands, Jemima Garrett, Co-Founder and Co-Convenor of Australia Asia Pacific Media Initiative, and Stefan Armbruster, SBS Correspondent on Queensland and the Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we unpack the media coverage around federal budgets. Beyond ‘winners and losers’ we discuss the stories behind the fine print and lessons from the 2014 budget. Marlene Even spoke with Kishor Napier-Raman, Federal Politics Reporter at Crikey and Michael Roddan, National Correspondent at the Australian Financial Review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, two cadet journalists tell us about beginning their career at this unique time and their views on the media landscape.Tina Quinn spoke with Angus Dalton, Sydney Morning Herald and Rafqa Touma, The Guardian Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fourth Estate continues its Russia-Ukraine coverage this week by discussing how we got here and where to from here in the conflict and in the 'information war'?We hear two separate perspectives- one Ukrainian and one Russian. Monica Attard spoke with Zoya Sheftalovich, a contributing editor for POLITICO and Leonid Ragozin a freelance journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a serious look at Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ask could the West have stopped Putin before he troops crossed into Ukraine. We also discuss the role of the media and has Putin changed the world for ever. Monica Attard spoke with Scott Burchill and Peter Hartcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a photo from someone's formative years always fair game and what responsibility does the media have to protect someone's mental health? Tina Quinn speaks with Jacqueline Maley, a Columnist and Senior Writer at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age, Amy Remeikis a Political Reporter for The Guardian Australia, and Karen Percy Chair of Dart Centre Asia-Pacific, Non-Executive Director of the Walkley Foundation and Federal Media President of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance.Content warning: This discussion includes references of trauma, sexual abuse and assault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fourth Estate, we dive into the world of opinion polling as a precursor to Australia's looming federal election. Toby Hemmings talks with Peter Lewis, Executive Director of Essential Media, and John Utting, Executive Director of Utting Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices