Media
Seven’s Deadly Sins
Channel seven’s decision to pull the Get Up! freedom for Tibet advert during the Olympic Opening Ceremony last Friday night......
China clamps down on press freedom
With eight days to go before the start of the Beijing Olympics, controversy continues to plague this celebrated event. The......
Journalists resist Pakistani censorship
Syed Javid Nazir was a newspaper editor during the period of heavy controls on media in Pakistan, under military rule,......
Hong Kong public broadcasting under threat
Hong Kong’s only public service broadcaster, RTHK, is under threat of closure by the Chinese government. A review committee investigating......
Fair trial -v- free media
They may not have been vigilanties wielding flaming torches – but neighbours holding placards and chanting have been successful in......
Journalists under attack in Sri Lanka
Another journalist in Sri Lanka was assaulted in a botched abduction attempt in the capital of Colombo last night. Namal......
Does community tv have a digital future?
They’re one of the last independent voices in an increasingly homogenized media, but the bright lights of community television are......
A very political childhood
When Indonesian forces invaded East Timor in 1975, Naldo Rei was two years old. His father was involved with the......
Budget means Digital delay for community radio
The community radio sector were in Canberra lobbying along with everyone else for a decent share of this year’s budget…the......
Nomophobia!
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that nearly half of all households use mobile phones instead of fixed-line......