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Interviews with reporters funded by the government’s Local Journalism Initiative reveal no evidence of political interference but clear examples of pressure from advertisers.
Australia is being called a ‘loser country’ over the News Bargaining Incentive. Will we stand our ground?
A wildfire can be explained by today’s barbecue, yesterday’s wind direction, a dry spring, four decades of land use change, or a century of emissions.
The businessman and former competition chief says the fierce criticism of what he calls ‘mild’ budget changes shows why politicians have avoided reform for decades.
The rapid spread of AI has pushed an already fragile news ecosystem closer to breaking point.
With AI slop and misinformation on the rise, research suggests New Zealanders may be turning back to mainstream news for reliability and accountability.
The US Federal Reserve has never before been this transparent about its policymaking process − but that might not be a good thing.
Media rituals based on reporting numbers and trends help us talk about complex issues using simple measures of progress or decline.
Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of masculine fortitude.
More control is a good thing – but be wary of privacy risks and ensure your media ‘diet’ is still balanced.
Other billionaires who own newspapers are doing a better job, a journalism professor explains.
News outlets want readers – and big tech – to pay for their content. But blocking the Internet Archive will leave major holes in the public record of the web.
Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
If Washington decides this proposal is a digital services tax in disguise, Australia could face renewed diplomatic friction with the Trump administration.
Research suggests falling trust in news is not directly related to falling trust in other public institutions. We need to address the news problem on its own terms.
A new book explores how media outlets are controlled by powerful forces, from governments to corporations, in Africa and Latin America.
The public typically finds out about the Supreme Court from the news media. And the way reporters have covered the court has recently changed – dramatically.
A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how close you got to reality.
The closure of each program means the loss of another media town square, where the capacity to listen civilly to, and learn from, one another also disappears.
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Utah
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Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy, Auckland University of Technology
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Director, News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Professor in Digital Media, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University