Emily Watkins
Reporter @emilykwatkins
Emily covers all things "media" for Crikey and is based in Sydney. She has previously worked for the ABC's Media Watch and reported on courts, crocodiles and occasionally UFOs for the NT News.
Diversity, representation and 'Australianness' were all once considered too risky in kids' TV. In 2019, the exact opposite is true.
Despite doing their own investigative journalism into the shadowy world of unpaid work, the ABC has been found to be cutting corners on staff costs.
When the proverbial hits the fan and someone becomes engulfed in a media storm, there’s an army of people ready to clean up, for a price.
INQ explores several case studies of Australians victimised by intrusive reporting.
Reporters stalking their victims need to be ruthless and persistent. The techniques are varied and ubiquitous. Today, INQ pulls back the curtain on those techniques.
Sacking ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie was never going to be cheap. But new documents reveal what the the lawyers alone cost.
"To see these patterns of increasingly centralised media, it's particularly concerning" said a former ABC producer.
While recent police raids of media companies have been shocking, experts say they have been a long time coming.
A News Corp Australia spokeswoman said the cuts were about meeting 'the changing demands of our consumers and customers'.
As another CEO bites the dust at Bauer Media, it's time for Australian magazine publishers to look to the future.
