Fourth Estate

This week we turn to two burning issues around social media. The first being the now toxic environment for journalists on twitter and we also look at the fall out from Dylan Voller defamation case. Our host Monica Attard was joined this week by Kishor-Napier-Raman and Michael Roddan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Tina Quinn has a special one on one with the ABC's, Lisa Millar, discussing her incredible three decades in journalism and why she has decided to vacate Twitter in recent weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn our attention to the anniversary of 9-11 and ask why the liberal and conservative media spoke with one voice and argued for war in the Middle East. To help us with this important discussion Prue Clarke spoke with Andrew Rosenthal and Doha Madani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the news that News Corp is changing its editorial position on climate change. How different will the various papers and outlets look and is the change actually significant. To help us with the discussion Monica Attard was joined by Hugh Riminton who is the National Affairs editor for Ten News First and Cam Wilson who is the associate editor at Crikey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Gabrielle Chan spoke with Tina Quinn about her new book Why you should give a f*ck about farming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the quagmire we find ourselves in with NSW, ACT and Victoria in lockdown with little light ahead. How has the media been covering the pandemic and making sense of what has become a much more complicated and unclear situation. The Australian's Rachael Baxendale and SMH's Michael Koziol spoke with Monica Attard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week marks the 60th birthday of Four Corners. After 60 years, how has it managed to retain its relevance? Tina Quinn takes a special look at the journalism that has made the program the flagship it has been since 1961, with Four Corners alumni, Chris Masters, Jeff McMullen and Morag Ramsay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn to the release of the sixth IPCC report and ask does this mark a moment of change in how climate change is treated by our leaders and the media. Our panel this week NY Times' Damien Cave and SMH and the Age's Nick O'Malley. Your host Monica Attard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the week long ban of Sky News on Youtube and ask what does it mean for the news service and for Australia's regulator ACMA. We also look at disinformation in our news. To help us we are fortunate to be joined by Crikey's Bernard Keane and from the ASPI Ariel Bogle. Your host Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn our attention to the disinformation that has become part of some sections of the media's coverage on the pandemic, as they needlessly alarm people about vaccines and lockdowns. Our guests are Mike Carlton and Mike Seccombe. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn to the radio industry with a look at 2GB losing the number one spot in breakfast, talk about future of radio listening and we end by remembering Jonathan Coleman. Our guests this week Steve Ahern and Angela Catterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a great discussion with Andrew Dodd from the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne about the new book he co-edited called Upheaval - Disrupted Lives In Journalism. Your host was Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with two of the countries best cartoonists, Cathy Wilcox and First Dog on the Moon. Your host Tina Quinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're all about sport and how the media covers sport and the narratives they bring to gender, race and mental illness. Our panel is Tracy Holmes and Geoff Lemon and your host is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have a special chat with Laura Tingle about the ABC, that Australian editorial and the state of the political debate. Your host Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look in detail at the settlement between Christian Porter and the ABC that has brought to an end their titanic defamation case. To help us unpack what happened and where to from here we are joined by Kate McClymont and Amber Schulz. Your host this week is Monica Attard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with Geoffrey Robertson about Julian Assange and his new book Bad People – and How to Be Rid of Them which published through Penguin Books. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week an important discussion about how the media has covered the Israel and Gaza conflict and does the media need to change its coverage. Monica Attard speaks with Sophie McNeil and Hugh Riminton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at how the media has been covering China and why all the talk of war. To help us with the discussion we are joined by ABC'Bill Birtles and AFR's Michael Smith. Your Host Monica Attard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As he prepares to retire after an amazing 46 year long career this week we present the full unedited talk with ABC's Phil Williams. Your host Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a great conversation with ABC journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna about her latest series of Exposed. The second series looks in detail at the Ghost Train fire at Luna Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we look at the AFR's article on Samatha Maiden and ask is the Me Too moment in Canberra already turning into a culture war on gender lines. To help us with the discussion we are are joined by Amy Remeikis and Amber Schultz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a special chat with Andrew Jaspan the founder of the Conversation. This week the Conversation turned 10 and we chatted about his memories of the start of the Conversation and Andrew's thoughts on media today. Your Host Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Margaret Simons and Isabella Higgins about the March 4 Justice, conflicts of interests and deaths in custody. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Samatha Maiden and Jacqueline Maley about the continuing fallout from the allegations of rape and misconduct from inside the Canberra bubble. Your host this week is Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Tina Quinn speaks with Tory Shepherd and Wendy Bacon about the media's role in covering the allegations against Christian Porter and we also look at how journalists move on difficult investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped by a male colleague inside a minister's office two years ago. But many aren’t surprised by the incident, after years of what many call a toxic and misogynistic environment in parliament. Featuring Amber Schultz, Investigative Reporter for Crikey and Amanda Copp, Political Reporter for National Radio News in Canberra. Presented by Julia Carr-Catzel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook has banned Australians from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content on the platform in response to the government's news bargaining code. What will become of smaller publications who rely on social media for traffic to their sites? And what does this say about the power of Facebook? Featuring Quentin Dempster, Margot Saville and Charlie Lewis. Presented by Julia Carr-Catzel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Navigating misinformation and fake news is a challenge for adults, let alone children. But it’s children who will confront an increasingly tumultuous digital landscape and it's the next generation of reporters who must be responsible communicators of the truth. Saffron Howden, journalist and author of Kid Reporter, tells us how. Presented by Julia Carr-Catzel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How would the news media be affected if Google withdrew its search engine from Australia? Will news companies and the tech giants be able to come to an agreement on the media bargaining code? Which news organisations will be left with the short end of the stick? To discuss we have Josh Taylor, technology reporter at the Guardian and David Swan, Technology Editor at The Australian. Presented by Julia Carr-Catzel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back for 2021 with a timely look at Twitter, the platform that journalists use everyday but should they? To Discuss we have Rachel Baxendale, Stephen Brook and Amber Schultz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We end the year with a great discussion about 2020 and the state of Australian media with Dominic Knight. Tina Quinn also discusses with him his new book the 2020 Dictionary and why is Kevin Rudd handing out handballs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special talk with ABC journalist Geraldine Doogue about her career, creating Life Matters and the culture wars around the ABC. Presented by Tina Quinn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Year in Media Transition was a panel discussion looking at some of the big issues of 2020. It was held by by the Centre for Media Transition at UTS and our host was Sacha Molitorisz. The panel included Nine’s Jacqueline Maley, the ABC’s Louise Milligan and The Australian’s Troy Bramston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 4th part in this important look at how the media has covered Aboriginal stories over the last 45 years of media coverage and asks the important question has our media failed to represent Aboriginal people fairly and is our media silencing aboriginal voices. Our talk in this edition is titled - From media silence to media sovereignty? Looking to the future. The discussion was facilitated by UTS academic Amy Thomas and features Ella Archibald-Binge, Indigenous Affairs reporter Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and Lorena Allam, Indigenous Affairs editor, The Guardian. Thanks to Impact Studios for recording and production of the audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a special interview with Anne Summers on the incoming Joe Biden Administration. Produced and presented by Tina Quinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have a special discussion with New York Times Photojournalist Todd Heisler. He speaks with Tina Quinn about his work, his approach, and his experiences in covering the three most recent US elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have an edited look at the 3rd seminar from Black Stories Matters. In this edition we hear from Rachel Hocking and Madeline Hayman-Reber. Thanks to Impact Studios for production help and access to the audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss reporting on Covid-19 and examine the pressures on journalists reporting on the Victorian lockup and on Donald Trump. Monica Attard spoke with Calla Wallquist and Nick Bryant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a close look at the first Presidential debate and ask is it possible for Joe Biden and the media to cut through with a disruptive figure like Trump. Monica Attard spoke with New York Times' Damien Cave and SMH and the Age's Nick O'Malley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Monica Attard speaks with the New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. With weeks to go until the election we ask has the media mishandled Trump and is there a better way to cover a President that dominates news coverage and attacks the media at every turn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a close look at the extradition hearing against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and ask should Australian journalists speak up against this attack on press freedom. Sharon Davis spoke with former ABC journalist Andrew Fowler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the state of play between Australia and China. Relations are at the lowest point they have been in many years with this week two Australian journalists forced to leave China meanwhile Chinese journalists in Australia were raided by ASIO. To help us gain some clarity on what is actually going Monica Attard spoke with Hugh Riminton and Chris Uhlmann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition we look at our media's coverage of the Christchurch Terrorist and ask has our media taken any lessons from this event in how it covers mass shootings and also in how it conducts debates around multiculturalism. Your host this week Chrisanthi Giotis speaks with Glynn Greensmith and Kishor Napier-Raman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition we have the first part of series called Black Stories Matter. The series is an important look at how the media has covered Aboriginal stories over the last 45 years and asks the important question has our media failed to represent aboriginal people fairly and is our media silencing aboriginal voices. Our speakers were Professor Stan Grant, Professor Heidi Norman, and Professor Devleena Ghosh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are all about the new report from Media Diversity Australia looking at the lack of diversity when it comes to who brings us the news on our TV screens. The report called Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories paints a damning picture of an industry out of step with Australian society. Monica Attard spoke with Sushi Daz and Bakri Mahmoud. You can read the report here: https://www.mediadiversityaustralia.org/research/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the fallout from Rachel Baxendale asking a series of probing questions to Dan Andrews and the following twitter pile on. We ask was it the right time to ask serious questions in the middle of a pandemic and is twitter a place for valid feedback or becoming too partisan in its responses. To help Monica Attard in our discussion we were joined by Gay Alcorn and Padding Manning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the implications of the ACCC taking Google to court for misleading Australian Consumers and we also look at the proposed changes to NSW Defamation law and what it could mean for investigative journalism. Our host this week is Monica Attard and she spoke to Dr Sacha Molitorisz from Centre for Media Transition and investigative reporter Amber Schultz from Crikey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at three different local newspapers all with a positive story to tell and all from a sector that is doing it tough. Our host this week, Chrisanthi Giotis, talks to Eliza Berlage, Michael Ellis and Susanna Freymark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justice Wigney leaves no doubt as to his assessment of The Daily Telegraph's reporting or the credibility of the witnesses...This podcast is a collaboration with Crikey, Inc and 2SER's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices