Facebook’s Mia Garlick says, ‘we’re frequently seeing politicians use the Facebook Live tool to augment a press conference or to directly speak to voters about the issues of importance of the day.’
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Facebook’s Mia Garlick on how Australian politicians are using social media
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Today's Media Files podcast examines the role of social media in election campaigns, including the spread of 'fake news' and foreign political interference.
Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten have agreed to three leaders’ debates – but it took some time to get there.
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Research shows that Australians are increasingly tuning out of leaders’ debates – just 21% reported watching a debate in 2016, down from 71% in 1993.
Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission, says that the commission ‘didn’t go anywhere near far enough.’
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Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
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Today on Media Files, it's journalism versus the big banks. We're hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.
The Gillard government kept 87% of its promises, though some had to be compromised to navigate a hung parliament.
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The biggest issues of 2018, with The Guardian’s editor-in-chief Katharine Viner
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In conversation with Andrew Dodd, Andrea Carson and Matthew Ricketson, The Guardian's editor-in-chief discusses the big stories of 2018 and what she sees as the major challenges of 2019.
Alan Soon of Splice Media is promising a million dollars to give to start-ups to transform media in Asia.
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What does the future newsroom look like?
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We often hear about media companies shedding staff and revenues, but is there hope? We ask the man with a mission to launch 100 media start-ups in three years: what does the future newsroom look like?
The advent of the internet has changed how politics and the media influence each other - and not always in a good way.
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Guardian Australia’s Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics
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Today on the podcast we're talking filter bubbles, fake news, opinion vs fact. Media Files asks two experts how the media and politics influence each other - and why that's causing concern.
Liberal backbenchers Julia Banks and Julie Bishop during question time in parliament.
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New research shows that conservative voters generally fail to see how being female can impede political success, while left-of-centre voters list gender as the main obstacle to success.
A merger between Nine and Fairfax was announced in July this year.
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What does the Nine Fairfax merger mean for diversity and quality journalism?
Eric Beecher of Private Media, Stephen Mayne of the Mayne Report and ABC finance presenter Alan Kohler join Andrew Dodd and Andrea Carson to discuss what the Nine Fairfax merger means for quality journalism.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Kate McClymont is one of Australia’s leading investigative journalists. Under the Fairfax-Nine merger, how well will work like hers be supported?
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Sebuah buku baru tentang ‘kekuatan baru’ bisa membantu kita memahami perubahan di bidang jurnalisme seperti meningkatnya kolaborasi dan penggunaan teknologi digital untuk jurnalisme investigas
The concept of ‘new power’ can be applied to modern digital journalism.
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A new book on so-called ‘new power’ can help us understand transformations in journalism like increased collaboration and use of digital technologies for investigative journalism.
The government has been criticised for its appointment of Gary Johns to head up Australia’s independent charities regulator.
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Australians have reason to be apprehensive that some civil voices are not being heard in our liberal democracy.
Public interest reporting is often equated with watchdog or investigative reporting. But it can include other factual stories that serve the public interest.
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Public interest journalism exposes corruption and wrongdoers, and holds the powerful to account. But it is increasingly under threat, and we need to find ways to protect it.
Striking Fairfax journalists protest out the front of Parliament House, Canberra.
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As the federal government looks to reform media ownership laws, the Australian media environment – in diversity and stability – is looking decidedly shaky.
Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs Zed Seselja discusses faith in media on Q&A with fellow panellist Claire Wardle from First Draft, which targets misinformation.
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On Q&A, government minister Zed Seselja remarked that surveys showed confidence in media has fallen globally. In Australia, he said, it has dropped lower than in the US. Is he right?
Despite its progressive nature, The Age newspaper has never had a female editor-in-chief.
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Women remain systemically underrepresented at the top levels of Australia’s most powerful institutions – including the media, universities, government, judiciary and corporate sector.
The film Spotlight showed how investigative reporters uncovered abuse in the Catholic Church.
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Half year results for Fairfax Media suggest the company’s digital strategy is taking shape.
The Brotherhood of St Laurence’s ‘Given the Chance’ program enables asylum seekers and refugees to demonstrate their skills and loyalty as employees.
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Seeking asylum from persecution is a right and people who do so are not “illegals” under the law. Yet refugees are portrayed in negative and threatening terms in Australia, while positive stories are ignored.
News Corp Australia’s free newspaper MX will wind up in a fortnight, the latest victim of the digital revolution.
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if anything, media concentration is worsening and diversity won’t be improved by changing Australia’s media ownership laws.
By cutting back in regional and remote areas, the ABC risks sending a message that some parts of Australia are more important to our national conversations than others.
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ABC managing director Mark Scott undertook the unenviable task on Monday of wielding the axe to meet the Abbott government’s cut to the broadcaster’s funding. Government cutbacks to Australia’s publicly…
Social and digital media perform a function that is humanising by connecting people and allowing freedom of expression.
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Is social media really delivering on its promise of democratising communication? Or have we just replaced one model that privileges those with power for another? Dr Andrea Carson speaks with Professor…
