Fourth Estate

This week we discuss the criticism towards the Sydney Morning Herald for its reporting of Rebel Wilson’s new relationship. What lessons have been learned and are we witnessing a recalibration of public interest journalism? Monica Attard spoke with Hamish Macdonald, Journalist, Host of The Project and Sunday Project, and Eric Beecher, Chairman of Private Media and Solstice Media. Learn more about y...

In light of the Depp v. Heard defamation case, we discuss reporting responsibly and respectfully on violence and harassment. We highlight the Our Watch Fellowship program and unpack the role the fourth estate has in preventing violence. Tina Quinn spoke with Lin Evlin, SBS News journalist, and Helen Pitt, Sydney Morning Herald journalist. Listener discretion is advised. Learn more about your ad ch...

What lessons can journalists take from the media coverage of the Australian federal election? This week we discuss whether the media noticed the political landscape shift. Monica Attard spoke with Troy Bramston, a Senior Writer and Columnist at The Australian and Katharine Murphy, the Political Editor at Guardian Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss the media coverage of the election, from leaders' debates to lively press conferences. Do candidates owe the media an interview during an election campaign? Tina Quinn spoke with Phil Coorey, Political Editor at the Australian Financial Review, Paul Karp, Political Reporter for Guardian Australia, and Rachel Withers Contributing Editor for The Monthly. Learn more about your ad...

This week, we ask if the media is doing enough to acknowledge but also address systemic racism? Marlene Even spoke with Antoinette Lattouf, Co-Founder of Media Diversity Australia and Journalist, about her new book 'How to Lose Friends and Influence White People'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we compare American and Australian national election media coverage. We discuss where our politics is, what role the media may have played shaping the very process it's reporting on and can the media fight back or change? Monica Attard spoke with Damien Cave, New York Times and Michael Miller, The Washington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As week two of the election campaign kicks off, Tina Quinn speaks with Sushi Das, Margaret Simons and Amanda Copp to talk discerning fact from fiction, amidst the ever-growing issue of disinformation. And has the media become trapped in reporting on political campaigns as if they were a horse race? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of Fourth Estate, we discuss the sub-genre of election podcasts. Why have they become a staple for media outlets to include in their election coverage? Marlene Even speaks with Dr. Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University, and Columnist Professor Mark Kenny, host of the podcast Democracy Sausage and Director of the National Press Club of Australia. Learn more about...

In this edition we discuss Australia's relationship with Pacific Island media. In light of a federal parliamentary committee recommendation that the Australian Government expand its media footprint in the Pacific Island region. Marlene Even spoke with Georgina Kekea, Freelance Journalist based in Solomon Islands, Jemima Garrett, Co-Founder and Co-Convenor of Australia Asia Pacific Media Initiative...

This week, we unpack the media coverage around federal budgets. Beyond ‘winners and losers’ we discuss the stories behind the fine print and lessons from the 2014 budget. Marlene Even spoke with Kishor Napier-Raman, Federal Politics Reporter at Crikey and Michael Roddan, National Correspondent at the Australian Financial Review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, two cadet journalists tell us about beginning their career at this unique time and their views on the media landscape. Tina Quinn spoke with Angus Dalton, Sydney Morning Herald and Rafqa Touma, The Guardian Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fourth Estate continues its Russia-Ukraine coverage this week by discussing how we got here and where to from here in the conflict and in the 'information war'? We hear two separate perspectives- one Ukrainian and one Russian. Monica Attard spoke with Zoya Sheftalovich, a contributing editor for POLITICO and Leonid Ragozin a freelance journalist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

This week we take a serious look at Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ask could the West have stopped Putin before he troops crossed into Ukraine. We also discuss the role of the media and has Putin changed the world for ever. Monica Attard spoke with Scott Burchill and Peter Hartcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a photo from someone's formative years always fair game and what responsibility does the media have to protect someone's mental health? Tina Quinn speaks with Jacqueline Maley, a Columnist and Senior Writer at the Sydney Morning Herald and Age, Amy Remeikis a Political Reporter for The Guardian Australia, and Karen Percy Chair of Dart Centre Asia-Pacific, Non-Executive Director of the Walkley F...

This week on Fourth Estate, we dive into the world of opinion polling as a precursor to Australia's looming federal election. Toby Hemmings talks with Peter Lewis, Executive Director of Essential Media, and John Utting, Executive Director of Utting Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Prue Clarke talks with Julian Cribb, co-founder of the Council of Human Future and Kyle Pope, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review about how to cover climate change as it happens right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fourth Estate returns to examine the allure of podcasting as a medium, why Joe Rogan is so popular and why every news organisation is trying to make their own version of The Daily. Hosted by Toby Hemmings with guests James Cridland, editor of Podnews and Siobhan McHugh, author of The Power of Podcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Toby Hemmings discusses the biggest stories of 2021 with Jacqueline Maley, columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Kishor Napier-Raman, federal politics reporter for Crikey and Rachel Baxendale, Victorian political reporter for The Australian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fourth Estate, Toby Hemmings examines the state of Australian arts criticism with Michael Sun, editorial assistant at the Guardian, Lauren Carroll Harris, writer and curator, and Alison Croggon, arts editor at The Saturday Paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As she hangs up the Breakfast mic for the final time, Fran Kelly sits down with Fourth Estate’s Tina Quinn, talking 17 years of RN Breakfast, her decades in broadcast and what lies ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year's pandemic stopped many journalists in place. But for Gina Chua, it was an opportunity to go forward as her true self. Gina transitioned genders during lockdown in New York. Now, in her role as executive editor at Reuters, she sits down over Zoom with Prue Clarke to discuss her transition, her career as a media executive and the importance of representation in newsrooms. Learn more about...

This week, Tina Quinn sits down with Lisa Davies as she finishes up an eventful five year tenure as Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 impacted on regional newspapers, forcing many to shut. But regional communities still have a hunger for news and from these news deserts, the green shoots of community publications emerged. So after a long year of lockdowns, how are these publications faring? This week, Monica Attard speaks with Susanna Freymark, the editor of the Richmond River Independent and indynr.com and Matt Nicholl...

Over the past few weeks, a series of drip-fed leaks have further tarnished the Facebook brand in the US. Regulation seems unavoidable but is it too little too late to put the misinformation back in the bottle? This week, Prue Clarke is joined by Ben Smith from The New York Times and Sacha Molitorisz from the Centre for Media Transition to discuss Frances Haugen's rollout strategy and the internati...

Audiences are looking for news that entertains them and keep them engaged. Self-made commentators like FriendlyJordies are using social media platforms to grow their following and blur the traditional boundaries between news, satire and commentary. This week, Tina Quinn was joined by Julian Morrow from The Chaser and Brad Esposito from VICE Australia for a wide-ranging discussion about commentator...