Is there really such thing as free speech?
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
DetailsForeseeing disasters: A morbid fascination
As The Newsroom prepared for potential disaster, I came to a realisation.
DetailsThe future of fashion – and journalism
Journalism and fashion, as industries, are one and the same in my opinion.
DetailsThe media: Public enemy No.1?
The media has long been considered public enemy no. 1; but times are changing. In light of recent bushfires, Sydney Morning Herald’s online paper has made all bushfire related stories free- and unlimited. There would be nothing worse than trying to find out information on bushfires approaching your home and realising you’ve reached your Fairfax…
DetailsJournalism: it’s a changing game
The 1976 film All the President’s Men is an ode to a past era. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman star as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. Nowadays, it’s a beautiful nostalgia trip. The swirling cigarette smoke, the typewriters, the copy boys, the pencils…
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Citizen journalism – handle with care!
Was Derryn Hinch’s contempt of court case a test for social media?
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The Ned Kelly Effect: Australian “legends”
“Now how many times in those books have I got to tell you that in certain areas I’m pulling your leg. I’ll let you be the judge … They can either believe it or disbelieve it I couldn’t give a s***” From a man who claims to have been shot, stabbed, run over, had slices…
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Ocsober: bin the booze for the kids
Sammy Davis Jr once said, “Sober up, and you see and hear everything you’d been able to avoid hearing before.”
DetailsScot nothing to do with sport…
The story of the week is the fallout from Scots College’s decision to deny issuing sporting scholarships. Rival GPS schools including St Ignatius Riverview and Sydney Church of England Grammar School, have refused to play against Scots first and second basketball teams amidst allegations Scots used prohibited inducements to recruit players. Grammar’s headmaster, Timothy Wright weighed…
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