Fourth Estate

This week we take a close look at the first Presidential debate and ask is it possible for Joe Biden and the media to cut through with a disruptive figure like Trump. Monica Attard spoke with New York Times' Damien Cave and SMH and the Age's Nick O'Malley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Monica Attard speaks with the New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. With weeks to go until the election we ask has the media mishandled Trump and is there a better way to cover a President that dominates news coverage and attacks the media at every turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a close look at the extradition hearing against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and ask should Australian journalists speak up against this attack on press freedom. Sharon Davis spoke with former ABC journalist Andrew Fowler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the state of play between Australia and China. Relations are at the lowest point they have been in many years with this week two Australian journalists forced to leave China meanwhile Chinese journalists in Australia were raided by ASIO. To help us gain some clarity on what is actually going Monica Attard spoke with Hugh Riminton and Chris Uhlmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition we look at our media's coverage of the Christchurch Terrorist and ask has our media taken any lessons from this event in how it covers mass shootings and also in how it conducts debates around multiculturalism. Your host this week Chrisanthi Giotis speaks with Glynn Greensmith and Kishor Napier-Raman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have the first part of series called Black Stories Matter. The series is an important look at how the media has covered Aboriginal stories over the last 45 years and asks the important question has our media failed to represent aboriginal people fairly and is our media silencing aboriginal voices. Our speakers were Professor Stan Grant, Professor Heidi Norman, and Professor Devleena Ghosh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are all about the new report from Media Diversity Australia looking at the lack of diversity when it comes to who brings us the news on our TV screens. The report called Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories paints a damning picture of an industry out of step with Australian society. Monica Attard spoke with Sushi Daz and Bakri Mahmoud. You can read the report here: https://www.mediadiversityaustralia.org/research/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the fallout from Rachel Baxendale asking a series of probing questions to Dan Andrews and the following twitter pile on. We ask was it the right time to ask serious questions in the middle of a pandemic and is twitter a place for valid feedback or becoming too partisan in its responses. To help Monica Attard in our discussion we were joined by Gay Alcorn and Padding Manning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the implications of the ACCC taking Google to court for misleading Australian Consumers and we also look at the proposed changes to NSW Defamation law and what it could mean for investigative journalism. Our host this week is Monica Attard and she spoke to Dr Sacha Molitorisz from Centre for Media Transition and investigative reporter Amber Schultz from Crikey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at three different local newspapers all with a positive story to tell and all from a sector that is doing it tough. Our host this week, Chrisanthi Giotis, talks to Eliza Berlage, Michael Ellis and Susanna Freymark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices