Columns & opinion

Mary-Katharine Phillips: Five key insights from Reuters Digital News Report

Jul 02, 2018 at 07:15 pm by Staff

We look forward to the release of the Reuters Digital News Report every year because it's always full of actionable insights. This year is no different, and from 144 pages of.... Read More

Kevin Slimp: Passion that powers my favourite five

Jun 25, 2018 at 08:15 pm by Staff

Over the past week or so, I received an email from a publisher asking if I could send examples of community publishers who were doing things right. His plan was to contact the.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Oh lord, it's hard to upscale things...

Jun 19, 2018 at 12:04 am by Staff

Oh lord, it's hard to upscale things, when you're the biggest in 'most every way. Somehow the Mac Davis song made famous by Kenny Rogers came to mind with reports of Michael M.... Read More

Dietmar Schantin: How news organisations can respond to worsening fake news problem

May 17, 2018 at 06:27 pm by Staff

If a veteran journalist, who should have known better, can be fooled into writing a column based on a fake interview, how can we expect a typical news consumer to differentiat.... Read More

Peter Coleman: Can Seven West and Fairfax finally get it on?

Apr 19, 2018 at 07:23 pm by Staff

Fairfax Media and Seven West are reported to be talking about a merger. We've been saying it should happen for so long that some of the fundamental reasons may be going out of.... Read More