Past Programs
ABC - 2008
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The audience talks back
06/11/2008
A major study is underway into the influence of talkback radio in Australia. Funded by the Federal government, it involves academics and researchers from five universities.
Media bits and pieces
09/10/2008
1.State and federal governments are continuing to use the public purse for thinly-veiled political advertising; 2. The ABC's TV management accused of insensitivity in handling staff redundancies; 3. The minister for communications who still won't communicate.
The Media and the Dame
18/09/2008
The second instalment in our irregular series dealing with historic figures in the Australian media industry. Today we're looking at the media and Dame Enid Lyons. Enid Lyons is best known for being the first Australian woman to become a federal MP -- back in the early 1940s -- and she was also the first woman to be given a position in Cabinet. She was a skilled media performer and practitioner having a secondary career, of sorts, as a broadcaster and columnist.
A POOL of creative commons
21/08/2008
Those who seek a middle way between junking copyright altogether on the one hand, and slavishly trying to enforce it on the other, often talk about what's called 'Creative Commons' licensing. Even large media organizations are starting to look at this innovative form of licensing. In fact the ABC has just launched a new online collaboration site called POOL, which gives contributors the option of using just such an arrangement. The Executive Producer of POOL is Sherre Delys...
The ABC's new internet TV service
24/07/2008
The ABC has just launched a new internet television service called iView. The service takes the availability of video on the net to new levels in Australia and judged on overseas experience, iView is likely to have mass appeal. We speak with the head of ABC Television Kim Dalton.
Journalists and their sources
17/07/2008
The assumption of confidentiality between a journalist and his or her source is enshrined in the Australian journalists' Code of Ethics. In Perth this past week one News Limited journalist has has his adherence to the code tested. He was threatened with gaol for not disclosing the name of a whistle-blower. Meanwhile, a new editorial policy has come into effect at the ABC which seeks to provide guidance on the way reporters should deal with their sources. But could it cause more harm than good? NOTE: An extended interview with the ABC's Editorial Policies Director, Paul Chadwick, can be found in the 'Audio Feature' box on the right hand side of the Media Report homepage
Media bits and pieces
01/05/2008
Including two new reports about the workings of the ABC; and the death of BBC broadcaster Humphrey Lyttleton.
In brief: Australian media
17/04/2008
A look at some interesting developments in the Australian media industry over the past week.
'On the Record' with Mark Scott
13/03/2008
The ABC's managing director, Mark Scott, is holding his annual leadership conference for senior managers. He has big plans for the organisation's expansion, but how realistic are they given there's no sign the budgetary situation is about to change?
