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Thursday 03 July 2008
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Three noted thinkers on the changing nature of media and its consumers. Our guests: MIT's Henry Jenkins, Mark Deuze from Leiden University in the Netherlands and Australia's John Hartley, Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation.
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The ABC has just introduced new policies governing the way journalists at the national broadcaster will be required to deal with sources. On Thursday 10th of July the Director of Editorial Policies at the ABC, Paul Chadwick, will be a guest on the Media Report. If you work in the media industry, or have an interest in issues of journalistic practice, we invite your questions on the subject. You'll find a link to the policy document below.
Thursday 26 June 2008
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The BBC has announced a new initiative with pay-TV operator Foxtel which will see it dramatically expand its presence in the Australian TV market. We speak with Darren Childs, Managing Director of BBC Worldwide Channels.
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A new Senate Committee report has made a series of recommendations for changing the complaints procedures for commercial TV and radio.
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The uncertainty caused by the rapid growth of online activity seems to have convinced many journalists that the profession isn't just in a state of realignment, it's actually going to hell in a hand-basket. But according to Paul Bradshaw, a senior lecturer in Media at Birmingham City University in the UK, there are many aspects of new media practice that should make today's journos optimistic about the future. He recently published a list of ten reasons why journalists in 2008 should be cheerful.
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Antony Funnell: If you live in and around the Noosa area in Queensland, or you have the money to travel, a reminder that the 'Noosa Longweekend' Arts Festival is on early next month and as usual they have a media forum.
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Thursday 19 June 2008
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'On the record' with David Butorac, the Managing Director of WIN. The corporation owns Australia's fourth largest commercial TV network and it has plans for expansion.
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Last week, management at the community TV station Access 31 went public with the fact they'd filed a solvency declaration and will close at the end of this month unless they get additional funding and support from the Federal government.
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Canada's copyright laws are about to change. The Harper Government has introduced a copyright reform bill into the Canadian lower house and it's got the online community stirred up and angry.
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Thursday 12 June 2008
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Ross Dawson is a media strategist specialising in online applications and innovations. Next week, he'll be involved in the launch of the second annual list of Australia's top 100 web 2.0 applications, held in collaboration with the finance magazine, BRW.
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In this section: Not-for-profit organisations and how they can use IT technology and social media techniques to expand their donor-base and energise and engage their supporters.
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There's lots of anecdotal evidence that we live in a world of spin. But rarely do we get statistical information on the size and scope of the various spin machines that work for those in power. Recently, the Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh, was asked in parliament to detail the size of her government's media machine. And in the response she gave, she conceded that her administration employs in excess of 360 full-time media and public relations officers.
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