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Journo unpacks the news, so you understand how it's made, disseminated and consumed. Ride shotgun with the world's best journalists as they explore the stories behind the headlines. Nick Bryant brings in-depth analysis of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing journalists and the media industry. Journo is brought to you by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas and Deadset Studios.
In 2020, the first series of From the Embers premiered, focusing on communities across Australia who had faced fire and smoke and homes destroyed in what was one of the most difficult summers has ever seen, the 2019-20 bushfire season. In 2022, From the Embers 2: Phoenix returns to several places featured in the first series, including Mallacoota, Kangaroo Island, and the forests of the Far north of New South Wales to explore how communities are recovering from the fires and the issues that ...
Virginia Tapscott is on a quest to uncover her family’s darkest truth - and shine a light on the secrets in all our families. This gripping new investigative podcast is created by Tapscott and journalist Steve Jackson, and brought to you by The Australian. Proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.
Melbourne became a ghost town during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pubs and venues closed their doors, leaving many of the city’s artists and creatives without a stage to perform on or an audience to perform for. Yet over successive lockdowns, it was the creative industries that kept communities strong, as we all adapted to unprecedented circumstances. In…
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SBS Audio and Language Content Director David Hua
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SBS started as a radio service in 1975 broadcasting in a handful of languages. Today it broadcasts in more than 60 languages and has recently launched a new 24-hour multilingual news channel and a service to help migrants learn English. JNI's Andrew Griffits spoke with SBS' Director of Audio and Language Content, David Hua, to find out more about t…
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How Leigh Sales made it to the top of Australian news
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“I’ve always stopped to think — well, you're a little brat from the back blocks of Brisbane and you're about to interview Paul McCartney. That is really rare. It’s very, very special.” Leigh Sales is a towering figure in Australian journalism, and after almost 12 years as the anchor of the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, she has decid…
Four Emergency level bushfires burned over one weekend in Western Australia in February 2022. With roughly 30% of WA agricultural land, most farmers are prepared for fire at any time. But when one comes, they rely heavily on volunteer farmers and locals who form the Bush Fire Brigade. On February 6, 2022 near the small farming town of Narrogin, ext…
Day after day of intense rainfall fell across south east Queensland In February 2022, breaking riverbanks, swamping roads and flooding homes. The city of Brisbane experienced one of the worst floods on record. In three days alone, Brisbane received 80 per cent of its annual rainfall as people scrambled to find higher ground to shelter. As people re…
Ever increasing record high flood levels are marked on the side of Lismore’s flood levee. Lismore, a town in Northern New South Wales is dissected by two major rivers. When there’s heavy rainfall, water flows down from the surrounding hills, slowing at the bottom and spreading across the floodplain. The town’s residents know floods, their houses ar…
One and a half million hectares of Yuin Country was destroyed by the 2019/2020 mega fires in the South Coast of New South Wales. These fires killed countless animals, plants and insect species - some of which are now on the brink of extinction. Many members of the South Coast Yuin Community call these mega fires, ‘Wrong Fire,’ fires that can’t be c…
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Activism or accuracy — As climate change disrupts the planet, should it upend journalism as well?
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In 2021, News Corp’s tabloids in Australia made a stunning announcement. For the month leading up to the Glasgow climate summit, they would be running a nationwide campaign on how to tackle climate change. Cries of hypocrisy rang out from pundits all over — including News Corps’ own — for this seeming about-face on the white-hot issue. So, was it a…
The fires that tore through the South Coast of New South Wales in 2019/2020 hit towns on the coast and in the bush. Within the community, homes were lost, some experienced events that left them traumatised and all inhabited a devastated landscape. Animal habitats were also affected, and when both logging companies and urban developers began to encr…
Two years on from the massive fire that tore through Mallacoota, a tiny coastal town in Victoria, the camping grounds are full again, koalas can be spotted in the crowns of eucalypts and the landscape is green with epicormic growth. But the town is dotted with empty lots where houses once stood and the new green growth only hides the blackened trun…
Residents in Lobethal fled their properties for safety in December 2019, not knowing if they’d return and find their houses still standing. Adelaide’s Cudlee Creek fire filled the air with black smoke and destroyed 85 homes over 10 days. As the recovery rolled-out, the pandemic crept in - isolating people and leaving those who’d lost their homes fe…
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Innovation highlight — The Age's graphic novella
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In this innovation highlight, JNI's David Skapinker talks to The Age's social affairs editor Jewel Topsfield and illustrator Matt Davidson about creating 'Jack's Story', an innovative, graphic novel-style story about a teenager struggling with his sexuality and isolation during Melbourne's Covid lockdown. Listen at JNI is a production of the Judith…
Severe storms and fire are a part of life on Kangaroo Island. But the firestorms that blasted across the Island’s landscape in January 2022 were unlike anything ever seen before, and forbode of a changing climate. Two years on, birds and mammals are only just starting to return to fire-ravaged habitats, and a question looms over the community - wha…
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The Editors: The West Australian's Editor-in-Chief Anthony De Ceglie
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The West Australian's Editor-in-Chief Anthony De Ceglie delivered the second lecture in JNI's event series ‘The Editors’ at the Institute's Chippendale headquarters on June 2. Anthony De Ceglie is introduced here by the Judith Neilson Institute's Executive Director Mark Ryan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Get in the bin “gotcha” — A vote for change in political reporting
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Australians have elected a new government and, in a campaign where journalists came under almost as much scrutiny as the politicians, is this a vote for change in how we report on elections too? "We want the press pack to insist on an answer. But I do think there were points in the campaign where the questioning went too far and in an unhelpful way…
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Inside the Media Scrum: Bonus episode — Laura Tingle
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7.30’s chief political correspondent Laura Tingle joined Malcolm Farr for the seventh episode of Inside the Media Scrum. This is the full recording of their discussion, in which they consider the final days of the election campaign, whether the media have covered the campaign well enough, and what Scott Morrison's absence from ABC programs means fo…
The election race has been run and won, and the media's performance has been one of the key talking points throughout the campaign. In the final episode of Inside the Media Scrum, Malcolm Farr and Amanda Copp look back at what the media got right and, in some cases, very wrong. They also ponder the future of campaign coverage and the next moves for…
From the Embers 2: Phoenix returns to several places featured in the first series when in 2019, major fires surged across Australia lasting until rains and floods extinguished them in 2020. Most remember this as the worst season Australia had experienced. The second series returns to Mallacoota, Kangaroo Island, the forests of the Far north of New …
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From TikTok to Telegram — What is the war in Ukraine teaching journalists?
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“I always say in journalism that everything has changed and nothing has changed," says BBC foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet, who reported from Ukraine's capital Kyiv as Russian tanks rolled into the country. The war in Ukraine shows us that history never ends, and journalists are taking extraordinary risks in composing the first draft. A key battl…
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Inside the Media Scrum: The final stretch (Episode 7)
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7.30's chief political correspondent Laura Tingle joins Malcolm Farr in the latest episode of Inside the Media Scrum. Together they look at what's ahead in the final days of the election campaign, how the media have been performing, and what the Prime Minister's absence from ABC programs means for journalists and voters. See omnystudio.com/listener…
The Judith Neilson Institute brought together five acclaimed writers to share their longform storytelling tips — The Saturday Paper's Rick Morton, Good Weekend's Amanda Hooton, ABC Background Briefing's Mahmood Fazal, author and social researcher Rebecca Huntley, and former foreign correspondent and author Nick Bryant. The event coincided with the …
For the journalists writing the first records of history, this past year has been one for the ages. In season 2 of Journo, foreign correspondents are pulling on their flak jackets and scouring new platforms like TikTok and Telegram to report on the war in Ukraine — and local reporters are taking huge risks to stay in their homes and bear witness to…
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How to Electrify the World with Dr Saul Griffith
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Powering Earth on green electricity is not fanciful thinking according to engineer and inventor Dr Saul Griffith. He has a plan for generating enough renewable energy to fuel our vast continent. And, according to the leading scientist, with some achievable tweaks to the world of business and the way we approach global capitalism, the transition awa…
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Inside The Media Scrum: Bush politics (Episode 6)
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With two weeks to go in the federal election campaign, is the media missing a trick by ignoring regional and rural issues and voters? Amanda Copp speaks with political journalist Jamieson Murphy from The Land about Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce's retail politics, and what the media is missing out on. Plus more on the gotcha moments that are puttin…
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Inside the Media Scrum: Bonus episode — Tony Windsor
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In this bonus episode of Inside the Media Scrum, Malcolm Farr interviews former independent MP Tony Windsor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
Veteran journalist Malcolm Farr, who has covered every election since 1993, and Amanda Copp, Political Reporter from the Community Radio Network's National Newsroom are taking you 'Inside the Media Scrum' during the Australian federal election campaign. They're looking at how and why the media is covering the election the way it is. There are weekl…
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Inside The Media Scrum: Mounting criticism of the media (Episode 5)
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At the mid-point of the Australian federal election Malcolm and Amanda discuss the mounting criticism from, seemingly, all quarters over the coverage of the campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
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Inside the Media Scrum: Anthony De Ceglie, Editor-in-Chief, The West Australian (Bonus Episode)
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Malcolm Farr interviews Anthony De Ceglie, Editor-in-Chief of The West Australian, The Sunday Times, PerthNow.com.au and the entire Seven West Media stable of local papers in Western Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
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Inside The Media Scrum: Positively negative campaigning (Episode 4)
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Malcolm Farr and Amanda Copp are together in Canberra dissecting the latest week of the federal election. Labor leader Anthony Albanese's COVID diagnosis, scare campaigns and the Solomon Islands all made the news this week, while the PM made a gaff. Or did he? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Inside the Media Scrum: Bonus Episode - Tory Maguire, Executive Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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In an exclusive interview with Tory Maguire, Executive Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAtoday, Malcolm Farr delves into the decision making process behind coverage of the Australian federal election in one of the biggest newsrooms in the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Inside the Media Scrum: Press pack mentality (Episode 3)
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From the press pack coordinating questions to get answers from the PM, to gotcha questions and the glamour of life on the road, Malcolm Farr and Amanda Copp talk week two of the Australian federal election and the way the media are covering the campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The SMH's Kate Geraghty and Anthony Galloway on reporting on Ukraine
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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's Kate Geraghty and Anthony Galloway have recently returned from assignment in Ukraine, which the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas proudly supported. Over 6,000 kilometers, 100 checkpoints and dozens of remarkable photos and stories later, Kate and Anthony take you behind the coverage of one of…
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Inside The Media Scrum: Hire me, please (Episode 2)
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The 2022 Australian federal election has started. Amanda Copp is traveling with the PM, and Malcolm is observing the way the election is being covered from the Canberra bubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
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In Conversation: Noel Pearson and Paul Keating
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Two of Australia’s most compelling and controversial leaders met on stage in a rare event to discuss the big issues of today at the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas on April 6. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating officially launched Indigenous leader Noel Pearson’s new book, Mission. After the launch, Pearson led a wide-ranging conv…
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Inside the Media Scrum: Get your go-bag ready (Episode 1)
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Malcolm Farr and Amanda Copp discuss what journalists and media will be doing to get ready to report on the upcoming 2022 Australian federal election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
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The Editors: The Australian's editor-in-chief Christopher Dore
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The Australian‘s editor-in-chief Christopher Dore delivered the first lecture in JNI’s event series ‘The Editors’, on March 24, in Sydney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas
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Millions of dollars for news, shrouded in mysterious deals
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The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Idea's first international Journalist-in-Residence, Bill Grueskin, spent several weeks investigating Australia's News Media Bargaining Code — world-leading legislation designed to compel the most profitable tech companies to pay news publishers for their content. Grueskin, a professor at New York's Co…
Virginia and Steve find out exactly what it takes to hold sexual predators accountable in a court of law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Most discussions around sexual violence centre on the victim. What if the solution lies in better understanding the predator? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Another victim comes forward with crucial new information that supports Alex’s story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Alex’s death remains shrouded in mystery. This episode retraces her final days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
How people around Virginia reacted to her disclosures of sexual abuse defined the course of her recovery. What does it sound like to tell one of your darkest secrets? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Alex was loved - and intensely alive. We meet her friends and the man who wanted to spend his life with her, and hear how her trauma bubbled to the surface. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
What happens when you expose sex offenders within your own family? Virginia and Steve find out how far people will go to bury the truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Alexandra Tapp died at just 32, haunted by the predators in her own family. Now her sister is on a quest for justice. More on My Sister's Secrets here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By The Australian
Virginia Tapscott is on a quest to uncover her family’s darkest truth - and shine a light on the secrets in all our families. This gripping new investigative podcast is created by Tapscott and journalist Steve Jackson, and brought to you by The Australian. Proudly supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas. See omnystudio.co…
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Clairvoyants and correspondents — Where political journalism gets it wrong
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Covering the cut and thrust of politics is one of the most thrilling jobs in journalism. But why are reporters misreading the mood of our nations? Brexit. Trump. Australia’s surprising 2019 election outcome — all resulted in plenty of soul-searching from political journalists. What if it’s more than just faulty polling — what if it’s a basic failur…
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The story-breaker — The remarkable rise of Jonathan Swan
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He is one of Washington’s most recognisable and influential journalists, who became even more well-known thanks to his facial expressions in that interview with US President Donald Trump in 2020. But it wasn’t an easy road for political reporter Jonathan Swan. The Aussie print journalist’s first ever TV interview was also with President Trump — onl…
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Steve Coll on journalism in this disrupted world
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“We have to recognise that the truth is often complex. And it's often elusive in some respects. And it's nuanced. That's not an excuse for enabling liars or for being complicit in propaganda campaigns.” From inside the Washington Post on the day the Drudge Report cracked open the Clinton scandal, through the digital disruption of the past 20 years,…
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Live from your living room — reporting from the frontlines of the pandemic
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The daily press conference, Covid case numbers, border closures, reporting from your living room or from the silent streets of a locked down city. Barring world wars, has any event had a bigger impact on the way journalists do their jobs than this pandemic? Covid-19 has changed the way we live but also the way we cover news. For journalists, it’s m…
