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Former WA bureau chief of <em>The Australian</em> <b>Tony Barrass</b> reflects on his time in jail for protecting his sources, as five of his colleagues are facing the same fate.

‘Bend over, lift your balls!’: Tony Barrass on journos in jail

Apr 09, 2013

The media regulator's mediation of <em>Media Watch</em> v <em>The Daily Telegraph</em> asks important questions about the ABC program, writes former <em>Media Watch</em> EP <b>David Salter</b>.

Media Watch cops some self-inflicted sour medicine

Oct 02, 2012

Are "news you can use" science stories the best way to engage the masses on otherwise nerdy topics? Or just cheap populism at the expense of "serious" science journalism? A defense of popular science.

“This is cool” vs. “smells funny” science stories

May 25, 2010

On Tuesday, the <em>Wall St Journal</em> ran a front-page photo of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan playing softball. It was clearly implying she is a lesbian, says <b>Ryan Chittum</b>: this never would have happened at the pre-Murdoch <em>Journal</em>.

Why we can no longer trust the WSJ

May 13, 2010

Veteran journo <b>Alex Beam</b> reminisces on cutting his news industry chops at <em>Newsweek</em> in the 1970s: it was "like an upside-down journalism school" where he learned lots of bad habits -- like poaching content from <em>TIME</em>.

Former Newsweek journo: we lied, plagarised, and drank vodka

May 12, 2010

<em>The Australian</em>'s <b>Mark Day</b> <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/crikeys-comment-on-williams-murder-indefensible/story-e6frg9tf-1225858109802"</a>has taken a swipe at <em>Crikey</em>'s muckraking journalism. Talk to the hand, says <b>Margaret Simons</b>.</a>

Mark Day vs. Crikey

Apr 27, 2010

Hundreds of UK and US journalists took <a href="http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=790xxyiygz0y5xa713437">a spelling test</a> by The Spelling Society -- and the results aren't good. A quarter couldn't spell "embarrassed", and many also tripped up on "millennium", "accidentally" and "liaison".

Journos fail the spelling test

Apr 20, 2010

It was arguably the biggest story in the world yesterday: Obama's historic health care reforms. But <em>Media Alley</em> has dug up 15 newspapers that didn't run with it on their covers. So what was more important? "Boy Scouts learn skills at Merit Badge College"

The 15 US papers that didn’t lead with health reform

Mar 24, 2010

Is the term "special report" actually industry parlance for "advertising feature" in some editorial departments? <b>Daniel Bishton</b> canvasses opinion on the topic.

Spinning the Media: It’s up to you to read between the lines

Mar 22, 2010

Demand Media is the "biggest, scariest content machine on the web", paying an army of freelancers to churn out traffic-driving content for sites like <a href="http://www.eHow.com">eHow.com</a> and <a href="<a href="http://www.cracked.com">Cracked.com</a>. Is there real money to be made? It it credible journalism? <em>TIME</em> journo <b>Dan Fletcher</b> gives it a crack.

Going undercover as a content farmer

Mar 19, 2010

Compare and contrast some recent ABC efforts with those of talkback radio. The results might surprise.

The honeymoon is over at your ABC

Mar 16, 2010

<em>Crikey</em> reveals the results of a six-month investigation into the role PR plays in the Australian media, finding that 55% of newspaper stories analysed were driven by PR.

Over half your news is spin

Mar 15, 2010

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