Mark Colvin


The quality journalism project: @Colvinius, king of the tweets

Every weekday afternoon, Mark Colvin wraps up the day that was as host of ABC’s PM. This week, he’s the latest expert in Crikey’s quality journalism project.

ABC internal emails: knowing your heifers from your steers (minus the jatz crackers)

When is a slaughterhouse not a slaughterhouse? An amusing ABC News internal email exchange obtained by Crikey reveals the debates over language use and the disquiet from rural reporters about how the inner-city “latte set” are covering the live cattle exports story.

The ABC has launched its 24 Hour news channel!

Sales and Colvin cosy up at The Punch

ABC stars Leigh Sales and Mark Colvin have their taxpayer-funded ABC blogs reproduced by commercial rival News Limited on The Punch, in apparent breach of the national broadcaster’s editorial policies.