Fourth Estate

This is an extended version of a discussion with Libby Hogan, a multimedia journalist on the ground in Myanmar. With host Ninah Kopel, she discusses the dangers of hate speech on social media and what needs to be done to address it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stories are emerging about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar last year, and Facebook’s role in facilitating the spread of hate speech. Should the platform be doing more to intervene? Plus, we discuss the question that hijacked cricketer Steve Smith’s press conference. And the Nine network has lost their Commonwealth Games accreditation, but is the system irrelevant to begin with? To discuss these iss...

Tracey Spicer has launched the Now Australia campaign, which aims to tackle sexual harassment and abuse in Australian workplaces. So what role does the media have to play? Plus, Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the Facebook scandal, promising to do better. Is it too little, too late? Also on the show, the media is buzzing about Malcolm Turnbull’s 29th negative Newspoll. Will number 30 lead to the...

As the world reacts to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we look at the lessons to be learned from the group’s data mining mistakes and ask if it’s time to get off Facebook. We also discuss the Sunrise segment that had Australia up in arms and Indigenous rights groups accusing the show of racism. Plus we look at the cake that didn’t sit so well with ABC Audience & Consumer Affairs. To discuss these...

The ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, hates journalists and is over the mainstream media. We discuss his hawkish remarks and consider whether there's any truth in them. Plus we ask if anyone's listening to Miranda Devine's new podcast. And we look at the role of a Gender Editor and talk about whether Australian newsrooms need them. With Misha Ketchell (The Conversation) and Nick O'Malley (Fairfax)....

We're marking International Women's Day with a special interview with Jane Gilmore, founder of The FixedIt project. FixedIt takes a red pen to headlines about violence against women and children to correct those that blame the victims for the violence enacted against them. Jane Gilmore's work shines a light on the way the media's focus on the victims of violence, rather than the perpetrators, sust...

Our panel considers the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry, including the threat of criminal charges if the tech giants don't comply. Plus, did Kylie Jenner really wipe $1 billion off Snapchat's worth? And finally, some good news for a change. We look at a new initiative from the Guardian focusing on solutions to the world's most pressing problems. With Arvind Hickman (AdNews), Rob Stott (Junkee Med...

This week the panel takes a look at the saga of Emma Alberici's story on corporate tax and whether the ABC bowed to the government by taking it down. Plus we discuss what happened when Twitter users impersonated journalists after the Florida high school shooting and how ill-equipped Twitter is to stop the spreading of doctored photos.  Finally, the panel talks about Vice Media in the wake of sever...

The New York Times subscription revenue has hit $1 billion, but will Australian news media ever reach this level of support when 90% of Australians say they are very reluctant to pay for news? Plus we look at the outcome of the Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism and consider the pros and cons of delivering news via sms and instant messaging apps. With Sarah Whyte (ABC), C...

Our first show back for 2018 kicks off with a discussion about the ethics of reporting politicians' private lives in the wake of the Barnaby Joyce story. The panel then takes on the government's proposed changes to national security laws and what they mean for journalism and free speech. We rounded out the episode looking at Facebook's latest attempts to fight fake news and the murky market of onl...

As the year draws to a close, Fourth Estate indulges in the requisite navel gazing, with a review of 2017's top stories. Sit back, pour yourself a stiff drink and enjoy. Hosted by Olivia Rosenman and Jason L'Ecuyer. Music by Broke For Free, Poddington Bear, and Dlay.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We speak to the team behind El Chigüire Bipolar - or the Bipolar Capybara - about their satirical news website that won this year's Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. The site uses humour to comment on Venezuela’s current political and economic turmoil, and to promote real and independent news that won’t be found in the country’s state-owned media. With Elio Casale (Founder) and Jesus Roldan...

We take a fine-toothed comb over the biggest restructure in the ABC's history and consider whether the digital news media industry is teetering on the edge of collapse. With Emily Watkins (Crikey), Ketan Joshi (CSIRO Data 61) and Karl Quinn (Fairfax). Hosted by Olivia Rosenman.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Waleed Aly on about the Australian media's diversity problem and the democratic deficit when media excludes a large portion of the society its supposed to serve. Aly spoke at the official launch of Media Diversity Australia, an organisation for a media that looks and sounds like Australia.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it mean to be human in the digital era? And to be Australian?  We spoke to the 2017 Boyer Lecturer, Professor Genevieve Bell, about how we live in world ruled by data and algorithms. We asked if there are any technological solutions to fake news (there are!) and if being Australian in this globalised, online world even matters. Bell is one of the world's top technologists and the head of...

The government’s media reform bill finally passed the Senate on September 14, after months of negotiations with cross bench senators. Communications minister Mitch Fifield says the reform will strengthen Australia’s media industry and secure local journalism jobs. But not everyone is convinced. And what about Facebook and Google?  We sat down to discuss it with Ben Eltham (New Matilda), Margaret S...

We sat down with two important personalities in the Australian podcasting world - Michael Mason,  ABC Director of Radio, and Rob Loewenthal the founder of the podcasting platform Whooshkaa. The ABC has a new $1 million fund just for podcasts and Whooshkaa is working on new technologies including personalised podcasts. Hosted by Olivia Rosenman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Jenn White, host of the recent podcast Making Oprah and anchor on WBEZ Chicago, stopped by the 2SER studio to talk podcasts, public media and the future of on-demand audio. Hosted by Olivia Rosenman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Broadcast from the Walkley's 2017 Storyology conference, host Olivia Rosenman spoke with a panel of four of the world's top investigative journalists about how they decide which topics to pursue and whether the end always has to justify the means in an era where resources are tight and investigative reporting is expensive. With Aaron Glantz, senior reporter with Reveal from the US Center for Inves...

Andrew Quilty has covered Afghanistan since late 2013, when he arrived to work as a photojournalist just as NATO troops were beginning to withdraw.  In the four years since, he has captured the ongoing conflict there with stunning photography that documents the trauma of a 40 year war and the impact of extremist groups and foreign forces in the country. His work won him the 2016 Gold Walkley for E...

At the beginning of this week legendary Football commentator and journalist Les Murray passed away, this episode of Fourth Estate is dedicated to him. Myles Houlbrook-Walk spoke to Tracey Holmes and Andy Paschalidis, two of his colleagues and venerable journalists in their own right, about the man and the legacy that he leaves behind. He will be sorely missed by a nation now enamored by the game h...

Miles Herbert sat down with American academic and journalist Jeff Jarvis from Buzzmachine and the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism as well as Derek Wilding, the Co-Director of the Centre for Media Transition from the University of Technology Sydney ahead of the Centre's launch earlier this week.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Olivia Rosenman speaks to Michael Jensen, one of the authors of the 2017 Digital News Report about gender and news. This year is the first time the report has examined how gender effects the way we engage with news, including where we consume news, what news we consume, and the reasons that we avoid news. Olivia and Michael discuss the findings in the report, including some surprising results...

Sky News' late night line up is filled with hard right commentators and some people are worried that the network is moving towards coverage like Murdoch's US news network - Fox. Plus we discuss the recent changes to the Walkley Awards and ask if the foundation is still relevant. And we consider a new TV show called Common Sense and ask if it should be prescribed viewing for all pollies and journos...

Nick Enfield is a professor of linguistics at the University of Sydney, and head researcher at the Post Truth Initiative. Enfield has gathered a team of researchers including data scientists and software developers to create a 'bullsh*t detector' hoping to stop the spread of fake news, lies, and propaganda. Miles Herbert sat down with Nick to discuss how we should navigate this current political c...