Tag Archives: media coverage

On swine flu and the media

May 4, 2009 – 6:59 pm

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma has published this tipsheet for responsible reporting on the swine flu, compiled by Times-Picayune health reporter John Pope.
The tips are fairly straightforward; the only one likely to raise eyebrows suggests avoiding terms such as “epidemic”.
This tips says: “Watch your language. People are already anxious, so don’t make the [...]

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Let’s have some more good news stories: Miranda Harman

March 9, 2009 – 2:30 pm

Following on from earlier posts about this Inside Story article on media reporting of Aboriginal health, here are some reflections from Miranda Harman, lecturer in journalism at the University of Tasmania (and previously a senior editor at the SMH):
“There’s an entrenched bias in the news industry towards bad news, which has probably grown out of [...]

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Jeff McMullen’s tips for beating the “lazy addiction to adversarial journalism”

March 6, 2009 – 1:08 pm

Following on from earlier posts about the Inside Story article on reporting of Aboriginal health, journalist Jeff McMullen comments:
“In Canberra last night (while giving a short speech and making some remarks at Universities Australia inaugural awards for reporting higher education issues) I had a great talk with Richard Larkins and many outstanding VC’s about some [...]

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Why aren’t journalists covering these stories?

March 6, 2009 – 11:18 am

Following on from the posts below, someone who prefers to remain anonymous has sent in this story idea:
“The Federal Government’s decision this week to wind up the ACCC investigation into child sexual assault. I know the Feds have backed down from this decision in the last 24 hours (and the politics of that are interesting [...]

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Some tips for journalists from Tiga Bayles

March 5, 2009 – 7:13 pm

Continuing on from the previous post, here are some story suggestions from Tiga Bayles, Chairman of the National Indigenous Radio Service:
• Instead of the constant stream of negative stories, we need positive stories showing and explaining the links between land and health.
• It’s not just about having stories in the mainstream media; it’s also [...]

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The good news about Aboriginal health

March 5, 2009 – 4:15 pm

Inside Story has just published this long article from me examining how the media covers Aboriginal health, the impact this has, and asking whether there may be other, more constructive ways for the media and Aboriginal health advocates to engage.
To keep the conversation going, I’m asking a range of people for some concrete story suggestions [...]

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Missing in action

November 21, 2008 – 1:10 pm

This has been such a week of missed opportunity.
The headlines have been dominated by the Feds urging a local government spend on infrastructure – and fast.
It was a perfect opportunity for the public health crowd to highlight the importance of local government as agents of health. So much of our public debate about health focuses [...]

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