When China’s last big earthquake hit in 1976, rumours were spread by word of mouth. Now it’s twitter, not that you’ll hear a peep from the official press, writes Jane Nethercote.
Articles by Jane Nethercote 
Weekly Wankley Award goes to…a typo
Even at Crikey, we sometimes get self-righteousness fatigue. Truly, writes Jane Nethercote.
The fop is in: Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race
London’s mayoral race was a chance for locals to air their grievances about national politcs. And Tory pin-up Boris Johnson won, writes Jane Nethercote.
Weekly Wankley Award: Headline of the Week and more
It looked like Sydney’s Daily Telegraph would take out Crikey’s Headline of the Week but the Sydney Morning Herald pipped them at the post, writes Jane Nethercote.
ABC’s Logie push puts gold in PBL Media’s coffers
You wouldn’t expect the ABC to encourage its audience to give money to Consolidated Media Holdings. But it is, in a roundabout way, writes Jane Nethercote.
Crikey’s Weekly Wankley Award: It’s time to cut the fat
Andrew Jaspan’s fortnight from hell and an FHM poll that got more attention than it deserves are under the spotlight this week, writes Jane Nethercote.
Pay-per-view not a blogger’s friend
What’s more important for a website’s longevity? Who’s reading? Or how many people are reading? Jane Nethercote poses some questions.
It’s over: Princess Diana inquest ends
Has a conspiracy theory ever been treated to such a thorough going over? wonders Jane Nethercote.
Offence is a wicked marketing strategy
It was on a trip to the beach over Easter that I first really looked at a Wicked Camper van. Shocked sensibilities ensued, writes Jane Nethercote.
2020 Summit snubs over-75s and Queenslanders
So who are these 1,000, or should we say 890, people? wonder Possum Comitatus and Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley goes to … radio jocks
Well-known psychic to the stars Derryn Hinch has been doing his old “I know how he died” routine. But he’s not our winner, writes Jane Nethercote.
Is Earth Hour about the planet or the plugs?
Earth Hour might have noble aspirations, but the execution is a little murkier, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the almost Wankley goes to … Beavers!
There is no Friday in this working week, so there will be no Wankley Award as such. However, we would like to salute beavers everywhere, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the Wankley Award goes to…
Ok, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman have done their bit to promote early detection of prostate cancer. However, writes Jane Nethercote.
When it comes to hackneyed phrases… Rudd is king
A whispering noise that will soon turn to a roar: ENOUGH WITH THE CLICHES, KEV, writes Jane Nethercote.
Harvard reacts to John Howard
What did the student body make of Howard’s Harvard University lecture? asks Jane Nethercote.
And the Weekly Wankly Award goes to…not Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze was just the sideshow this week. But what a side show, writes Jane Nethercote.
US08 wrap: Is this the beginning of the end?
It’s now or never for Hillary Rodham Clinton, writes Jane Nethercote.
Weekly Wankley Award: Enough already!
It wasn’t hard to pick the winner this week, writes Jane Nethercote.
Gale force: Why David Jones doesn’t need to buy ads
Crikey would be remiss if it didn’t pause to reflect on Megan Gale’s retirement from the catwalk. She’s worth way more than the price David Jones paid for her, writes Jane Nethercote
More questions than answers in East Timor
If you’d heard that East Timor president Jose Ramos Horta had been shot, you’d immediately suspect the hand of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado. Ipso facto. But there’s muddying of the waters in the press and across blogs today, writes Jane Nethercote.
Which bank spent $50 million on crappy ads then raised rates?
Commonwealth Bank paid about $50 million on a dud ad campaign. And they have the gall to raise rates, writes Jane Nethercote.
And the winner of Crikey’s Wankley Award is …
Introducing the inaugural Crikey Wankley Awards, a weekly event wherein we recognise excrescence in Australian journalism. And what a week it was, writes Jane Nethercote.
Want to buy a shopping centre?
Want to buy your loved one a mall for Christmas? With Centro in trouble, you could be in luck (well, unless your super is tied up in the whole mess), writes Jane Nethercote.
Philanthropy through rose-coloured glasses
Nowhere is the corporatisation of philanthropy more evident than in the colour pink. But is it all rose-tinted?
