Media Industry

ALAN KOHLER | COMPANIES|

Kohler: how many journalists is enough?

As governments from both sides of politics work with Alcoa to save jobs, journalists are left to fend for themselves.

BERNARD KEANE | JOURNALISM|

NYT debate: what would it cost to end he-said-she-said journalism?

The New York Times has raised the issue of he-said-she-said journalism. It should be discussed here, too, but it’s more complicated than media critics think.

BERNARD KEANE | FEDERAL|

Essential: trust in commercial media continues to fall

Trust in Australia’s commercial media continues to slump despite the industry’s insistence all is well.

Media inquiry has to do more than gather dust

It appears the government has decided to conduct a media inquiry, with details to be announced this afternoon.

Columbia Journalism Review | JOURNALISM|

A blueprint for rebuilding journalism

Former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie Jr and Michael Schudson have written an incredibly comprehensive report on how they believe the American journalism industry can be reconstructed. It’s 17 pages, but worth your time.

GLENN DYER | COMPANIES|

Stokes-Murdoch “showdown” a damp squib

It’s back to business as usual in the Australian media, with Stokes and Packer dividing up the juiciest bits of the industry, just as Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch did a decade or so ago.

mUmBRELLA | JOURNALISM|

Good news for newsmakers: media jobs market recovering

The good news: the Australian media job market seems to be recovering, with almost 10% more advertising and media jobs advertised during August than July. The bad: that’s still a good 50% down on last August’s figures. Baby steps.