Fourth Estate

As many journalists choose freelance media work we discuss the benefits and challenges of freelancing. Tina Quinn spoke with Bianca Nogrady and Catherine Bouris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we’re chatting with data journalists about the changes in their industry and the craft of communicating complex data with their audiences. Marlene Even spoke with Juliette O’Brien, a data journalist and founder of covid19data.com.au, Nick Evershed, data and interactives editor at Guardian Australia, and Wes Mountain, multimedia editor at The Conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are discussing news fatigue and what the Digital News Report: Australian 2022 results say about Australians' trust in the media.Marlene Even spoke with Dr Kieran McGuinness, the Digital News Report Postdoctoral Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss the criticism towards the Sydney Morning Herald for its reporting of Rebel Wilson’s new relationship. What lessons have been learned and are we witnessing a recalibration of public interest journalism? Monica Attard spoke with Hamish Macdonald, Journalist, Host of The Project and Sunday Project, and Eric Beecher, Chairman of Private Media and Solstice Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In light of the Depp v. Heard defamation case, we discuss reporting responsibly and respectfully on violence and harassment. We highlight the Our Watch Fellowship program and unpack the role the fourth estate has in preventing violence. Tina Quinn spoke with Lin Evlin, SBS News journalist, and Helen Pitt, Sydney Morning Herald journalist. Listener discretion is advised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What lessons can journalists take from the media coverage of the Australian federal election? This week we discuss whether the media noticed the political landscape shift.Monica Attard spoke with Troy Bramston, a Senior Writer and Columnist at The Australian and Katharine Murphy, the Political Editor at Guardian Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss the media coverage of the election, from leaders' debates to lively press conferences. Do candidates owe the media an interview during an election campaign? Tina Quinn spoke with Phil Coorey, Political Editor at the Australian Financial Review, Paul Karp, Political Reporter for Guardian Australia, and Rachel Withers Contributing Editor for The Monthly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we ask if the media is doing enough to acknowledge but also address systemic racism? Marlene Even spoke with Antoinette Lattouf, Co-Founder of Media Diversity Australia and Journalist, about her new book 'How to Lose Friends and Influence White People'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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