Time to resurrect an old idea?
At long last, the Government has appointed two new members for the ABC Board.
While we are still waiting for the big appointment - the successor to Ita Buttrose as ABC Chair - these new appointments are an important part of the ABC’s governance.
And, according to Alumni Board Member Alan Sunderland, the early signs are all good…There was great news this week with the announcement, at long last, of two new Board Members for the ABC - Nicolette Maury and Louise McEl...
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Month: October 2023
It’s time to kill the myth of balance
During the referendum campaign, and since the overwhelming No vote, a chorus of respected journalists and media academics have declared that the Australian mass media, very much including the ABC, failed in their duty to the Australian public by slavishly adhering to the concept of ‘balance’, and by not calling out misinformation as and when they reported it. This is not the usual claim of bias by the Murdoch media or the No campaign: most of these critics clearly supported Yes. Among them, Mar...
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Mr Everything-But-News Speaks to ABC Alumni
On Tuesday September 26th Chris Oliver-Taylor - since July 1st the ABC’s Chief Content Officer - was our guest at an exclusive webinar hosted by Gael Jennings.
Chris has a huge job. He’s responsible for all ABC content that is not produced by the News Division. As Gael put it: “that’s all commissioning, in-house production, drama, entertainment, arts, science, children’s, factual, the national radio networks, Radio National, all the metro radio stations, ABC Listen, ABC iview, and all of this...
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