Media
Leaving the nest – a new magazine encourages girls to fly
‘Fly, Birdee, fly’ says the Editor of Birdee, a new online magazine for teenage girls. The publishers say they want......
Mandela’s illness: should the media back off?
Since the 94 year old Nelson Mandela went into hospital a few weeks ago, the media have gone into overdrive.......
Marr says News Limited is confused on free speech
The right to free speech has been an ongoing contentious issue with recent plans to overhaul media laws failing to......
Funding indigenous media
The chairperson of the Australian Indigenous Communication Association, Mr Tiga Bayles criticised the recent Federal Budget for failing to allocate......
Budget 2013: No commitment to community radio
Community radio supporters around the country had their ears tuned to hear whether Communications Minister Stephen Conroy had decided to......
Myanmar’s emerging fourth estate.
A relaxation of censorship could see Myanmar with a functioning fourth estate by the time it holds elections in 2015.......
Can we trust Twitter?
“Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured”. This false tweet from The Associated Press’s Twitter account......
Mainstream media starts to embrace multiculturalism
The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland has developed a media training and invited mainstream journalist and cultural communities from across......
Australian media leaving legislation behind
The media reform package is unlikely to pass through parliament in its current form after mounting pressure from mainstream media......
International commitment to community radio
Community radio provides a voice for everyone and, for some, that voice is the sound of home. This week, The......