February 23, 2010 – 10:59 pm
I am tempted to comment that the sincerest form of flattery is imitation, but I am sure that would be unfair. Today the journalists’ union, the Media Alliance, announced its own project to collect online information on how freelancers are paid and how they are treated. The Alliance has also applied to the Australian Competition [...]
February 23, 2010 – 8:55 am
News and current affairs junkies will understand the reason for my reduction in activity on this blog and on Crikey over the next couple of weeks. The book I have written with Malcolm Fraser is out, and what my family are dubbing the Malcolm and Meg show is about to begin. Fraser has already been [...]
February 23, 2010 – 8:47 am
Regular readers will know that I have made something of my perception that the ABC, for all its new media savviness and renewed energy, does not break enough news. The boss, Mark Scott, responded in part at his Melbourne Press Club address recently. One of the things he said was that the ABC needs to [...]
February 22, 2010 – 8:57 am
My recent crowd sourcing of information on freelance rates and experiences has attracted a lot of interest. Last Friday, I got the following guest post from Jim Clarke, who as boss of Nuance Multimedia Australia has commissioned many pieces in his time. He endorses the findings of my study, but also suggests that freelancers can behave [...]
February 18, 2010 – 12:43 pm
A fascinating piece on Inside Story by my colleague at Swinburne University, Viv Waller, can be found here http://inside.org.au/why-is-google-buzzing/ Meanwhile my own thoughts on Crikey’s 10th birthday will be in the email bulletin today.
February 16, 2010 – 12:28 am
The Australian Press Council has upheld three complaints against newspapers in cases which seem to hold some pretty basic lessons for reporters and editors. Lessons such as Get it Right, Check the Spin and Don’t Be a Bastard.
February 15, 2010 – 8:00 am
I promised on Friday that I would say what I thought of the new draft ABC Editorial Policies, which were issued to staff for comment on Friday. They are lean and uncluttered – just 13 crisply expressed principles and standards to replace the cumbersome old ed pols, which are correctly described as “a mixture of aspirations, [...]
February 12, 2010 – 2:39 pm
Well, look what fell off the back of a truck. As mentioned in my story in Crikey today, the ABC is doing a complete re-write of its editorial policies. Today material went up on the ABC staff intranet spelling out the approach, and seeking comment. I am pushing another deadline at the moment, but I [...]
February 11, 2010 – 2:07 pm
ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THE MELBOURNE PRESS CLUB JUST NOW MARK SCOTT SAID THERE ARE TWENTY POSITIONS NOW OPEN TO SERVICE THE NEW 24 NEWS SERVICE, WITH FINAL NUMBERS TO BE DECIDED SOON. ALSO THE ABC TOOK ON NINE CADETS THIS YEAR. THE ABC HAS HAD CONVERSTIONS WITH GOVERNMENT ABOUT GETTING MORE SPECTRUM.
February 11, 2010 – 12:00 pm
As this post appears, ABC Managing Director Mark Scott is getting to his feet at the Melbourne Press Club to deliver this speech in which he responds to those critics who suggest that Auntie is paying attention to technology at the cost of content, and news content in particular. He talks about Twitter, about a [...]
