
Fourth Estate
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.
Latest episodes

Jul 20, 2023 • 48min
Stuart Coupe - Shake Some Action
This week's program is a chat with Stuart Coupe about his new book Shake Some Action. Stuart takes us through his decades-long career as a journalist working in the music industry.Producer and host was Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 29, 2023 • 28min
Prigozhin - Moscow or Bust
This week we speak with Leonid Ragozin about Prigozhin's failed mutiny and what this means for Putin. Your host this week was Monica AttardProduced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 2023 • 38min
Antony Loewenstein On The Palestine Laboratory
This week we speak with independent journalist Antony Loewenstein about his new book called The Palestine Laboratory.Your host Monica AttardProduced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 15, 2023 • 35min
Borderland: The Decolonisation of Journalism,
This week we speak with academic and author Dr. Chrisanthi Giotis. Her new book is called Borderland and it explores how colonisation and long-standing processes of Western journalism have distorted how we view Africa.This edition is produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 9, 2023 • 40min
Chris Masters On Taking Down A Giant
In this week's episode, Chris Masters talks to Monica Attard about the stunning victory he and Nick McKenzie had over Ben Roberts-Smith. In what was one of the biggest and most expensive defamation cases in recent memory we get Chris's insights and methods on taking down a myth.Produced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 2, 2023 • 40min
Pandora's Box: Taming AI
Our first show of 2023 focused on AI. Four months later, we revisited this topic with the same guests, Dr. Sacha Molitorisz and Charlie Lewis. Since then, significant developments have occurred in the AI space, and our discussion this time addressed the challenges we now encounter with this emerging technology.Produce and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19, 2023 • 29min
The Endemic Abuse Of Diverse Journalists
This week we look at the latest report from Media Diversity Australia titled Online Saftey of Diverse Journalists. To discuss the report and the scale and also, the kinds of abuse diverse journalists are experiencing we spoke to Professor Bronwyn Carlson and Dr Faith Valencia-Forrester. Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 27, 2023 • 32min
Eric Beecher In Conversation
This week we speak with Eric Beecher, the chairman and co-founder of Private Media which publishes Crikey. Monica Attard spoke to him about Lachlan Murdoch ceasing his defamation action against Crikey and what it means for Crikey and the Australian media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 20, 2023 • 37min
Fox On The Run? Maybe Not
This week we turn our attention to the biggest defamation payout in US history. Fox News has this week agreed to pay 787 Million US dollars to Dominion which supplied voting machines to the 2020 presidential election. To discuss what this means we spoke to Paddy Manning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 8, 2023 • 37min
Digital Transnationalism and the Chinese Diaspora
This week we speak with UTS Professor Wanning Sun about the recent Red Aert series in the SMH and the Age and how Chinese Australians consume the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices