How Al Jazeera took on the (English-speaking) world

The ABC’s decision to use reports from the controversial Doha-based network makes sense from up close, writes Scott Bridges

19 Oct 12 | Comments (6)

Why Fairfax matters

Fairfax newspapers are part of the fabric of Australian democracy, argues Rodney Tiffen

27 Jun 12 | Comments (3)

Fairfax: time for a circuit breaker

Caught between the threat of a new owner and the demands of a skittish sharemarket, Fairfax needs to reconstitute itself to survive, writes Peter Browne

25 Jun 12 | Comments (0)

The more things change…

There was no golden age for newspapers, writes Geoffrey Barker. Which means we shouldn’t be too pessimistic about the future

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The Australian rallies the troops

The Australian has it wrong at every step in its attack on Margaret Simons and the Finkelstein inquiry, writes Rodney Tiffen

31 May 12 | Comments (3)

Keeping the Age noisy

The Age’s history shows why Fairfax’s strategy is putting the paper’s identity at risk, writes Sybil Nolan

01 Dec 11 | Comments (2)

Falling through the floor

One of France’s best-known journalists went undercover to see the recession first-hand. Sophie Black reviews her account of the experience

24 Nov 11 | Comments (0)

How the AFR’s “disastrous” paywall delivered the goods

Former Financial Review Group CEO Michael Gill responds to our podcast, Paywalls: the good news and the gamble

07 Nov 11 | Comments (12)

Paywalls: the good news and the gamble

PODCAST | The Australian’s online paywall is up and running. The New York Times has announced strong subscriber figures. Peter Clarke discusses the prospects for paid content with Gordon Crovitz, Sophie Black and Jason Wilson

02 Nov 11 | Comments (4)

In a bubble on the web

What happens when the internet finds out what we like, asks Jason Wilson

12 Oct 11 | Comments (0)

Sixty years in the Gallery

Rob Chalmers, editor, journal and occasional Inside Story contributor, died this week after an extraordinary period in the Canberra Press Gallery. Alan Ramsey pays tribute

27 Jul 11 | Comments (1)

Right time, wrong inquiry?

Curbing News Limited’s reach wouldn’t be simple, writes Peter Browne, but there are other ways to encourage diversity

21 Jul 11 | Comments (0)

Good news from the News of the World

Steady concentration has been a feature of the Australian media landscape; the legislative challenge is to take advantage of the shift in sentiment, argues Tim Dwyer

20 Jul 11 | Comments (0)

Is this News Limited’s defence?

News Limited does some things very well, writes Geoffrey Barker. Self-analysis isn’t one of them

18 Jul 11 | Comments (2)

Leaks, sources and passing the salt

Journalists need to think more carefully about their relationships with their sources, writes Matthew Ricketson

29 Jun 11 | Comments (0)

The scandal that almost wasn’t

Why did most of the media run dead on the Securency bribery story, asks Peter Browne

25 May 10 | Comments (4)

If we don’t do it, who will?

Graham Perkin’s news editor, Geoffrey Barker, discusses Ben Hills’s biography of the legendary newspaper editor

12 May 10 | Comments (0)

What it means to be a real journalist

One reviewer accuses the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya of being hot-headed. Why has this become a pejorative term, asks Maria Tumarkin

28 Apr 10 | Comments (4)

Group thoughts

The Australian talks about climate change with (almost) one voice, writes Rodney Tiffen in this analysis of the paper’s coverage of the glacier controversy

01 Apr 10 | Comments (3)

A mess? A shambles? A disaster?

Most coverage of the home insulation controversy ignored history and avoided simple mathematics, writes Rodney Tiffen

26 Mar 10 | Comments (23)