9 events Coming up
22 Mar 2012
Why Good Journalism Will Always Matter
Big changes are ahead for the regulation of Australian journalism. In this address, scheduled for a few weeks after the federal government media inquiry reports, the Chair of the Australian Press Council, Julian Disney will review its recommendati...
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Free Public Lecture30 Mar 2012
Tweets, Beaks and Hacks: Court Reporting and the Law in the Age of New Media Journalism
Mark Stephens is one of the world's most prominent media lawyers. He is known as former counsel to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the late author Christopher Hitchens and the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. He has defended Dow Jones (ag...
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Free Public Lecture02 May 2012
New News Event: 'Fair Shake of the Source?'
Political journalism is fuelled by off the record briefings and private chats. Without them, we'd never find anything out except spin. Or at least, that's the justification for journalists protecting their sources. But what happens when reporters...
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Free Public Lecture16 May 2012
Journalism, Enlightenment and Citizenship: An Historical Perspective on the Future of News
No industry is changing faster than media. The business models that have supported journalism since the birth of newspapers are broken. Yet at the same time new media offers unprecedented opportunities for spreading news and information. In an age...
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Free Public Lecture17 May 2012
You Wouldn't Read About It: "Everything you haven't been told about media accountability and the Finkelstein Inquiry"
How will the proposed council work in the light of the recommendations of the Convergence Review Committee, which recently reported to the Federal Government? In this keynote event, Professor Matthew Ricketson, who assisted Ray Finkelstein, QC wit...
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Free Public Lecture23 May 2012
Hacks/Hackers: What's New About New Media?
A New News Event Technology is changing just about everything in news media. From WikiLeaks to social media to the way the internet makes publishers into broadcasters, and broadcasters into bloggers. The risks and opportunities of new media will ...
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Free Public Lecture05 Sep 2012
The Future of News - In Castlemaine
The threat to independent journalism has never been more intimidating. Mainstream newspapers are downsizing, journalists are losing their jobs and the media ownership debate still rages. Some say we are facing a civic emergency and a drought of re...
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Seminar/Forum04 Oct 2012
The Future of News
THIS LECTURE WILL BE LIVESTREAMED AT www.live.unimelb.edu.au The past year has seen a dramatic restructuring of Australia’s news media industry. The only certainty is that rapid change will continue. At the same time, a range of recent government...
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Free Public Lecture30 May 2013
Do Indians really face racism in Australia? A journalist's perspective with Sushi Das
Since stories of dodgy colleges and violence against Indian students came to light a few years ago, accusations of racism have repeatedly hit the headlines. Racism is an issue that the Indian diaspora has had to deal with all over the world. While...