Alana Schetzer
Freelance journalist
Alana Schetzer is a journalist and editor. She writes on social justice, gender equality and politics, has taught media, writing and communications at the University of Melbourne and is a co-founder of Women in Media.
In a manipulated market of 'good behaviour', what does a five-star rating really mean?
Controversy is a tried and true way to run an ad campaign landing a public health message in the mainstream.
The rise of Instagram "influencers" poses new problems for advertising regulators.
With the political body count already rising, surely it's time for change to our parties' broken vetting processes.
The event is hotly debated every year, and every year the government of the day defends it. What do the numbers tell us?
With huge numbers of people opting for pre-poll votes, election campaigns are growing bigger, messier, and more expensive. Is it worth the trade-off?
The Victorian Liberal leader has a bad reputation of blocking people on social media. It may be satisfying at the time, but it raises some important broader questions.
Palmer's new Trump-like campaign appears to capitalise on political disenfranchisement. Will it succeed?
There are many reasons voters have backed micro-party candidates at the federal level. But will these hold up at the state level?
