Fourth Estate

This week we have a special chat with Andrew Jaspan the founder of the Conversation. This week the Conversation turned 10 and we chatted about his memories of the start of the Conversation and Andrew's thoughts on media today. Your Host Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Margaret Simons and Isabella Higgins about the March 4 Justice, conflicts of interests and deaths in custody. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Samatha Maiden and Jacqueline Maley about the continuing fallout from the allegations of rape and misconduct from inside the Canberra bubble. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Tina Quinn speaks with Tory Shepherd and Wendy Bacon about the media's role in covering the allegations against Christian Porter and we also look at how journalists move on difficult investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped by a male colleague inside a minister's office two years ago. But many aren’t surprised by the incident, after years of what many call a toxic and misogynistic environment in parliament. Featuring Amber Schultz, Investigative Reporter for Crikey and Amanda Copp, Political Reporter for National Radio News in Canberra. Presented by Julia...

Facebook has banned Australians from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content on the platform in response to the government's news bargaining code. What will become of smaller publications who rely on social media for traffic to their sites? And what does this say about the power of Facebook? Featuring Quentin Dempster, Margot Saville and Charlie Lewis. Presented by Julia Carr-...

Navigating misinformation and fake news is a challenge for adults, let alone children. But it’s children who will confront an increasingly tumultuous digital landscape and it's the next generation of reporters who must be responsible communicators of the truth. Saffron Howden, journalist and author of Kid Reporter, tells us how. Presented by Julia Carr-Catzel. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

How would the news media be affected if Google withdrew its search engine from Australia? Will news companies and the tech giants be able to come to an agreement on the media bargaining code? Which news organisations will be left with the short end of the stick? To discuss we have Josh Taylor, technology reporter at the Guardian and David Swan, Technology Editor at The Australian. Presented by Jul...

Back for 2021 with a timely look at Twitter, the platform that journalists use everyday but should they? To Discuss we have Rachel Baxendale, Stephen Brook and Amber Schultz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We end the year with a great discussion about 2020 and the state of Australian media with Dominic Knight. Tina Quinn also discusses with him his new book the 2020 Dictionary and why is Kevin Rudd handing out handballs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special talk with ABC journalist Geraldine Doogue about her career, creating Life Matters and the culture wars around the ABC. Presented by Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Year in Media Transition was a panel discussion looking at some of the big issues of 2020. It was held by by the Centre for Media Transition at UTS and our host was Sacha Molitorisz. The panel included Nine’s Jacqueline Maley, the ABC’s Louise Milligan and The Australian’s Troy Bramston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 4th part in this important look at how the media has covered Aboriginal stories over the last 45 years of media coverage and asks the important question has our media failed to represent Aboriginal people fairly and is our media silencing aboriginal voices. Our talk in this edition is titled - From media silence to media sovereignty? Looking to the future. The discussion was facilitated by UTS...

This week we have a special interview with Anne Summers on the incoming Joe Biden Administration. Produced and presented by Tina Quinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have a special discussion with New York Times Photojournalist Todd Heisler. He speaks with Tina Quinn about his work, his approach, and his experiences in covering the three most recent US elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have an edited look at the 3rd seminar from Black Stories Matters. In this edition we hear from Rachel Hocking and Madeline Hayman-Reber. Thanks to Impact Studios for production help and access to the audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss reporting on Covid-19 and examine the pressures on journalists reporting on the Victorian lockup and on Donald Trump. Monica Attard spoke with Calla Wallquist and Nick Bryant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a close look at the first Presidential debate and ask is it possible for Joe Biden and the media to cut through with a disruptive figure like Trump. Monica Attard spoke with New York Times' Damien Cave and SMH and the Age's Nick O'Malley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Monica Attard speaks with the New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. With weeks to go until the election we ask has the media mishandled Trump and is there a better way to cover a President that dominates news coverage and attacks the media at every turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a close look at the extradition hearing against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and ask should Australian journalists speak up against this attack on press freedom. Sharon Davis spoke with former ABC journalist Andrew Fowler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the state of play between Australia and China. Relations are at the lowest point they have been in many years with this week two Australian journalists forced to leave China meanwhile Chinese journalists in Australia were raided by ASIO. To help us gain some clarity on what is actually going Monica Attard spoke with Hugh Riminton and Chris Uhlmann. Learn more about your ad cho...

This edition we look at our media's coverage of the Christchurch Terrorist and ask has our media taken any lessons from this event in how it covers mass shootings and also in how it conducts debates around multiculturalism. Your host this week Chrisanthi Giotis speaks with Glynn Greensmith and Kishor Napier-Raman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have the first part of series called Black Stories Matter. The series is an important look at how the media has covered Aboriginal stories over the last 45 years and asks the important question has our media failed to represent aboriginal people fairly and is our media silencing aboriginal voices. Our speakers were Professor Stan Grant, Professor Heidi Norman, and Professor Devl...

This week we are all about the new report from Media Diversity Australia looking at the lack of diversity when it comes to who brings us the news on our TV screens. The report called Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories paints a damning picture of an industry out of step with Australian society. Monica Attard spoke with Sushi Daz and Bakri Mahmoud. You can read the report here: https://www.mediadiv...

This week we look at the fallout from Rachel Baxendale asking a series of probing questions to Dan Andrews and the following twitter pile on. We ask was it the right time to ask serious questions in the middle of a pandemic and is twitter a place for valid feedback or becoming too partisan in its responses. To help Monica Attard in our discussion we were joined by Gay Alcorn and Padding Manning. L...