Fourth Estate

This week, Prue Clarke talks with Julian Cribb, co-founder of the Council of Human Future and Kyle Pope, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review about how to cover climate change as it happens right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fourth Estate returns to examine the allure of podcasting as a medium, why Joe Rogan is so popular and why every news organisation is trying to make their own version of The Daily. Hosted by Toby Hemmings with guests James Cridland, editor of Podnews and Siobhan McHugh, author of The Power of Podcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Toby Hemmings discusses the biggest stories of 2021 with Jacqueline Maley, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Kishor Napier-Raman, federal politics reporter for Crikey and Rachel Baxendale, Victorian political reporter for The Australian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fourth Estate, Toby Hemmings examines the state of Australian arts criticism with Michael Sun, editorial assistant at the Guardian, Lauren Carroll Harris, writer and curator, and Alison Croggon, arts editor at The Saturday Paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As she hangs up the Breakfast mic for the final time, Fran Kelly sits down with Fourth Estate’s Tina Quinn, talking 17 years of RN Breakfast, her decades in broadcast and what lies ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year's pandemic stopped many journalists in place. But for Gina Chua, it was an opportunity to go forward as her true self. Gina transitioned genders during lockdown in New York. Now, in her role as executive editor at Reuters, she sits down over Zoom with Prue Clarke to discuss her transition, her career as a media executive and the importance of representation in newsrooms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Tina Quinn sits down with Lisa Davies as she finishes up an eventful five year tenure as Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 impacted on regional newspapers, forcing many to shut. But regional communities still have a hunger for news and from these news deserts, the green shoots of community publications emerged. So after a long year of lockdowns, how are these publications faring? This week, Monica Attard speaks with Susanna Freymark, the editor of the Richmond River Independent and indynr.com and Matt Nicholls, the editor of the Cape York Weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past few weeks, a series of drip-fed leaks have further tarnished the Facebook brand in the US. Regulation seems unavoidable but is it too little too late to put the misinformation back in the bottle? This week, Prue Clarke is joined by Ben Smith from The New York Times and Sacha Molitorisz from the Centre for Media Transition to discuss Frances Haugen's rollout strategy and the international effort to regulate social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Audiences are looking for news that entertains them and keep them engaged. Self-made commentators like FriendlyJordies are using social media platforms to grow their following and blur the traditional boundaries between news, satire and commentary. This week, Tina Quinn was joined by Julian Morrow from The Chaser and Brad Esposito from VICE Australia for a wide-ranging discussion about commentators, cut through and defamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices