

Fourth Estate
2SER
Every week, we discuss how the media has covered the news and analyse issues affecting the industry - with some of the biggest names in journalism in Australia and around the world. Broadcast live on Sydney's 2SER 107.3FM, with the financial assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
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May 3, 2019 • 39min
Andrew Jaspan In Conversation
This week we speak to Andrew Jaspan about the media's coverage of the election and why Google and Facebook should help pay for our media. We also touch on how he started the Conversation and its importance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 24, 2019 • 38min
Stephen Davis - Truthteller
This week we speak to Stephen Davis about his new book Truthteller and the very real dangers of fake news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 2019 • 19min
Podcast Extra - Marcus Strom On Press Freedom and Assange
We speak with the President of the MEAA, Marcus Strom, about press freedom and why we should be concerned about Julian Assange Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 15, 2019 • 28min
Geoffrey Rush and Australian Defamation Law
The Australian media has recently been on the wrong side of a number of high profile defamations cases and last week one of the largest again went against the media - The Daily Telegraph and its case against Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. This case raises a number of very significant issues for the news media and in turn the Me Too movement in this country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 2019 • 41min
Bill Birnbauer - The rise of nonprofit investigative journalism in the United States,
We chat with Bill Birnauer, who is a long-time ICIJ member with more than 30 years’ experience in journalism at The Age, The Sunday Age and The Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 4, 2019 • 33min
Reporting on Xinjiang - Buzzfeed's Megha Rajagopalan
The Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region of Western China are the subject of an intense crackdown by the state, with up to one million Uyghur people being held without charge in so-called "re-education" camps. The crisis presents a unique set of challenges for journalists reporting on human rights in the 21st century. Producer Cheyne Anderson speaks to Buzzfeed News world correspondent Megha Rajagopalan, who won a 2018 Human Rights Press Award for her reporting on the crackdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 21, 2019 • 32min
Christchurch, Facebook And Our Newsrooms
This week we unpack how the Christchurch terror attack was covered in Australian media, and overseas. We spoke to journalist Jennine Khalik , Abdallah Kamal from SBS and Associate Professor Colleen Murrell from Swinburne University of Technology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 19, 2019 • 36min
Nick Evershed and Ben McNeil talk AI, Facts and the Future of Journalism
Special edition with the Guardian's Nick Evershed and Metafact's Ben McNeil about their work and future of Journalism in AI and fake news world.Metafact has a Kickstarter and if you want to help out go here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metafact/metafact-fact-checking-powered-by-science?ref=e1at7u Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 14, 2019 • 40min
Gaven Morris - Your ABC
The week Peter Fray speaks with Gaven Morris, ABC’s Director News, Analysis & Investigations, about an eventful year and the way forward for the ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 7, 2019 • 30min
IWD Special - Annick Cojean
This week we speak with Annick Cojean who is a special correspondent from Le Monde. She is joined by 2SER's Cheyne Anderson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices