Merryn Sherwood

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For many respondents, leaving a newsroom has allowed a re-evaluation of work-life balance. Mal Fairclough/AAP

New research reveals how Australian journalists are faring four years after redundancy

Lawrie Zion, La Trobe University; Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne; Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University; Merryn Sherwood, La Trobe University; Monika Winarnita, La Trobe University; Penny O'Donnell, University of Sydney, and Timothy Marjoribanks, Swinburne University of Technology

Since leaving secure jobs in newsrooms, employment has been unstable for many former journalists – but job satisfaction has been surprisingly high.
Sporting events like the Winter Olympics are one of TV’s most valuable products. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch

Live from Pyeongchang: how an Olympic broadcast works

Merryn Sherwood, La Trobe University

Olympics have often provided the impetus for large-scale broadcasting innovations, such as when TV was introduced in Australia to broadcast the 1956 Games.
With every round of redundancies, significant questions arise around the long-term viability of mainstream news media in Australia. AAP/David Moir

Life after redundancy: what happens next for journalists when they leave newsrooms

Lawrie Zion, La Trobe University; Andrew Dodd, Swinburne University of Technology; Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University; Merryn Sherwood, La Trobe University; Penny O'Donnell, University of Sydney, and Tim Marjoribanks, La Trobe University

There is lingering anger among journalists made redundant that expertise and experience seem to have become disposable assets in newsrooms.

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