Fourth Estate

This week we look at Andrew Bolt's attack on immigration, the fall out from Sky News and that interview of Blair Cottrell, Buzzfeed's story on Emma Husar and ABC Life goes live. To help us navigate our way through all this we are joined by Ben Doherty from the Guardian, Kathleen Calderwood from the ABC and Cara Waters from the Age and SMH. Your host this week is Anthony Dockrill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the news sinks in about Fairfax we take a closer look at what it means for quality journalism and we also look at the Guardian making a profit in OZ. To help us make sense of all of this Anthony Dockrill spoke with Michael Roddan from the Australia, Michael Koziol from SMH and the Age and Margaret Simons from Monash University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shock waves were felt around the country this morning with the news that Channel Nine and Fairfax are merging. To unpack what this means for journalism and for Fairfax we have a bumper edition with Darren Goodsir, Emily Watkins, Amanda Wilson, Marcus Strom, Tim Burrowes, Darren Davidson and David Skapinker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition of the Fourth Estate looks at the media coverage of the Thai Cave Rescue and Donald Trump, the ratings of Sky News and the sharing printing facilities by Fairfax and News Ltd. Also discussed is the sudden resignation of Michael Ebeid and his lasting legacy on SBS. To dissect this fractured media world, Alan Moir (SMH) and Remy Varga (The Australian) were in the studio and Paul Karp (The Guardian) was on the line from Canberra. This episode was hosted by Peter Fray and produced by Evie Maguire. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition of the Fourth Estate looks at the legacy of Rupert Murdoch and Katharine Murphy's essay 'On Disruption'. We also look at Channel 7's 'racist' segment about African Gangs in Victoria, Fairfax's criticism of ABC's online news website and the appointment of Former News Corp CEO Peter Tonagh to run the Government's efficiency review on the public broadcasters ABC and SBS. To dissect this fractured media world, Josh Butler (Ten Daily) and Carrie Fellner (SMH) were in the studio and Corinne Podger (Melb Uni) on the line from the Southern Highlands. This episode was hosted and produced by Evie Maguire. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Editor for the Guardian Australia, Katharine Murphy, dropped by for a long chat with Peter Fray about her new book called On Disruption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition of the Fourth Estate looks at the relationship between multimedia platforms, public interest journalist and the impact of news aggregators. We also look at the role right-wing rhetoric had on the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting in America, Sky News' covering of David Leyonhjelm's comments about Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Young and Nauru's ban on the ABC. To discuss this all we have our host Peter Fray talking to Jacqueline Maley (Sydney Morning Herald), Stephen Hutcheon (ABC) and Jared Owens (The Australian). This episode was produced by Evangeline Maguire. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Australian columnist, Professor Henry Ergas AO, speaks with Peter Fray about public information journalism and the impact of news aggregators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to a study by the International Journal of Press/Politics, male political journalists based in Washington DC only reply 8.5 per cent of the time to female political journalists. Why is it that female journalists are less influential on Twitter than men in Washington DC and does this relate to a bigger picture here in Australia? Plus, we discuss the Sarah Huckabee Sanders fine-dining debacle at if it’s right for a restaurant to refuse to serve someone of ideological differences. It wouldn’t be a journalist debate without discussing the Natalie Joyce tell-all interview with the Australian Women’s Weekly and also the latest ABC-Government saga.  To discuss these issues are more, we are joined by Tamara Wearne (2GB), Lauren Carroll Harris (The Guardian and ABC’s RN) and Benedict Brook (news.com.au). This episode was hosted and produced by Evangeline Maguire. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition of Fourth Estate looks at if the ABC will and should be sold, was Michelle Guthrie's speech enough to change the political narrative on the ABC. We also look at the state of digital media in Australia and is the media to blame for the poor relations between Australia and China. To discuss all this we have our host Peter Fray speaking with Quentin Dempster (New Daily) , Sarah Vogler (Courier Mail) and Damien Cave (NY Times). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices