A sample of some of the very moving case studies collected for the Centre for Advanced Journalism’s report into the journalism of Black Saturday.
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Journalists adrift: the reporting of Black Saturday
Journalists covering the Black Saturday bushfires lacked ethical guidelines, and were left to find their own way through the dilemmas and traumas of reporting Australia’s worst peace-time disaster, according to a new study.
Schools left off bushfire Code Red register
Victorian schools in the potential path of a new wave of bushfires have been left off an emergency register designed to shut them down in the event of another Black Saturday.
Fighting fires: Australia vs. America
Australian-born journalist Christine Kenneally explains the aftermath of the Black Saturday bushfires to the The New Yorker, comparing the different tactics and challenges of Australian and American firefighters.
Fuel reduction would not — did not — stop Black Saturday
Climate change is upon us and the old ways of thinking about vegetation management also need to be reviewed, writes Lindsay Hesketh.
How Sprummer and Sprinter could change society
As the Bureau of Meteorology issues a special statement to announce our hottest winter on record, Crikey gumshoe Emma Rugg investigates how we’ll live in a warmer world.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Rudd’s stimulating package and nuclear power
Crikey readers weigh in on Rudd money, nuclear power and the confusing absence of ‘working families’ in Kevin Rudd’s Wordle.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Name changers: just say no
Crikey readers speak out against married women changing their names, Jackie O, The Tele’s Tom Cruise tomfoolery and more.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: NT politics, Cubbie Station and ETS
Northern Territory News responds to NT politics, and Crikey readers weigh in on Cubbie station, when the ETS should start and national security.
Clearing roadsides may not be the answer for fire safety
The call for the burning and clearing of roadside vegetation from entry and exit roads to towns in bushfire areas may in fact be a counter productive approach that will put people at risk, writes Lionel Elmore.
‘Stay or go’ won’t go away
The Royal Commission into the Black Saturday fires has recommended keeping the ‘stay or go’ bushfire policy, but its emphasis has been changed — more personal responsibility on those who choose to stay, writes The Age.
Black Saturday fires: more questions than answers
The issues of fire management and the organisational response to the fires will overshadow how the fires started and what exactly burned, writes Lionel Elmore.
The bushfire blame game: greenies, loggers or arsonists?
Victorian conservation groups have hit back at claims greenies and National Parks are culpable for the severity of the Black Saturday bushfires, blaming logging companies.
Black Saturday revelations demand a complete rethink of fire science
It’s only a matter of time before yet another “unprecedented” firestorm strikes our sprawling bushurbia, writes Frank Campbell.
The fire next time: reforming Australian bushfire policy
In this summarised version of his second submission to the Royal Commission, Frank Campbell says Black Saturday was the logical outcome of erroneous assumptions and policies developed over a quarter of a century.
Forest fire management: objective analysis needed
Emotive public opinion is no replacement for careful evaluation — especially given the risks and costs involved, writes Lionel Elmore.
Tips and rumours: Mail delivery in Marysville
One tipster tells all about Marysville’s mailing woes, while another says Telstra have a problem with PIN numbers.
CFA’s fire advice as useful as a deckchair on the Titanic
An ember attack can be dealt with by a wet mop says the CFA, writes Frank Campbell.
Media briefs: Sam the Koala’s popularity has yet to wane
Sam the Koala, symbol of hope from Victoria’s Black Saturday bushfires, is still as popular as ever, while the Bendigo Advertiser has an interesting editorial.
Black Saturday research funding a slap for victims
A private research body charged by the Bushfire Royal Commission with investigating the Black Saturday tragedy is struggling with an historica legacy of underfunding.
Public support for Bushfire Royal Commission fast evaporating
The Commission should revise its format now, or we may need another inquiry down the track, writes Frank Campbell.
DSE’s prescribed burning: time for some answers
As Black Saturday victims claim that they’ve been denied a voice in the Royal Commission into bushfires, the DSE’s prescribed burns continued across the state.
