Vic bushfires


Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting

With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.

Wankley Awards: And the Wankley Award goes to…fire reporting

With a sensitive issue comes the need for great sensitivity and accuracy. And so it was with the bushfires, writes Jane Nethercote.

Tabloid fire coverage slips into grief p-rn

There are two words which immediately spring to mind over the media’s coverage of the Victorian bushfires – mawkish and disproportionate, writes Greg Barns.

Some advice for media covering the bushfire story

The other side to this story is the physical and emotional wellbeing of not just of the victims and survivors but of those gathering, editing and leading the charge to get the news out to the consumer, writes Cait McMahon.

Vic bushfires and Qld floods offer glimpse into future

It has long been predicted that global warming will manifest itself through a series of extreme weather events,