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The world’s most influential climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri speaks to Crikey on the need for sanity and fair reporting in media coverage of climate change — and explains why Australia should care.

Is there a future for newspapers’ foreign correspondents in the digital age? The signs don’t look good as Australia’s editors look to cut costs — and the US and Europe look like the next to go.

Julia Gillard is up for The Australian’s Australian of the Year prize. And other media tidbits.

The Australian has received a whack for its wind farm coverage but the ABC’s interview with Tony Abbott is A-OK with ACMA. And other media tidbits.

TGM redundos … Age Xmas deco fun … Oz brag watch …

Margaret Simons responds to articles in The Australian today criticising her reporting of the Cameron Stewart/Simon Artz affair in Crikey. And other juicy media tidbits.

China isn’t getting an NBN, and it doesn’t cost a third of ours, regardless of what The Australian claims.

News Limited continues to hack away at its staffing levels, with subediting duties at nine regional newspapers to be outsourced to AAP subsidiary Pagemasters. Plus, other media news.

Thousands of words have been written about Julia Gillard and her past at Slater & Gordon. So what have we really learned, and does any of it count? Here’s our cheat sheet (so you don’t have to read any of it).

George Megalogenis is packing up and leaving The Australian to write more books. Who else has left News Limited during the latest cost-cutting drive?

Did The Australian edit out Gina Rinehart from a high-profile photograph showing a murder victim?

US circulation figures don’t encourage locals … Paul Kelly missed the Asian Century committee … Sandy brings out the best in US reporters …

MPs Russell Broadbent and Judi Moylan look like being alone among the two major parties in continuing to argue that Australia will lose international respect and dishonour its obligations by excising Australia from its own migration zone.

A leading industrial lawyer has teed-off on the state of IR debate in the Australian media. It “occurs without any scientific, factual or empirical basis” — especially at “right-wing blog” The Australian.

Not merely did The Australian Financial Review ad woes continue over the weekend, it found itself scooped on its key area of coverage, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.

One thing is certain from the weekend grand finals for the AFL and NRL: rugby league has a much stronger following in Melbourne than the AFL has in Sydney. Plus, The Australian’s price rise and other media news.

An update on #sheridanchallenged, the bid by ABC Foreign Correspondent reporter Eric Campbell to get The Australian’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan to give examples of “sectarian” interests.

ABC reporter Eric Campbell took offence at The Australian’s Greg Sheridan and his suggestion that “many in the ABC support totalitarianism”. Here’s his letter in response …