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Emily Watkins — Reporter

Emily Watkins

Reporter

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.

'I mainly call myself a journalist to wind the other journalists up': Shane Dowling

After four months in jail for breaching a suppression order, Kangaroo Court of Australia's Shane Dowling says he's not sure if he'd do it again.

To blur or not to blur ... YouTube shooting fake news ... Sunrise segment investigated ...

The media near unanimously showed the face of a man climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge this morning. Plus, other media tidbits from the day.

'The reasonable person thinks we're fake news': breaking the Barnaby story 

True Crime News Weekly was the first "news" website to publish the Barnaby Joyce affair story. Crikey spoke with its publisher Serkan Ozturk about what drives him, and his plan for his "hokey" site.

What would Jesus do (about tax)? ... Nine locked out of Commonwealth Games ... Fake News network ...

Some media commentators tried their best to shoehorn Jesus into unlikely news stories for Easter. Plus, other media tidbits from the day.

Meet the publishers ripping up the Australian media playbook

What's a defamation suit worth when you have nothing to lose? In this four-part series we meet some of the Australian journalists massively disrupting the mainstream.

Jon Faine misses the point ... Nine's bid for tennis rights ... Cosmo cut from checkouts ...

Melbourne radio host Jon Faine has apologised for a nightmare interview with disability activist Carly Findlay. Plus, other media stories from the day.

Domain execs to leave in shakeup ... Seven sells Yahoo7 ... ABC reporter's 'court showdown' ...

Senior executives at Domain will be leaving the recently-floated company in a restructure. Plus, other media news from the day.

Who is the man spruiking the 'white privilege and nurses' non-story?

Graeme Haycroft, the man behind a breakaway nurse's union pushing a beat-up of nurses having to declare their white privilege, has an unlikely history to be speaking out for workers' rights.

Why did Fairfax cut Pascoe? ... Yanks tune in for Stormy ... Sun's 'honest mistake' ...

Fairfax face questions over the departure of Michael Pascoe. Americans go nuts for the Stormy Daniels interview. Plus, other media tidbits from the day.

AdNews duped by Betoota Advocate post about Cricket Australia

Industry publication AdNews has been taken in by a satirical post from The Betoota Advocate.