Fourth Estate

This week we look at the implications of the ACCC taking Google to court for misleading Australian Consumers and we also look at the proposed changes to NSW Defamation law and what it could mean for investigative journalism. Our host this week is Monica Attard and she spoke to Dr Sacha Molitorisz from Centre for Media Transition and investigative reporter Amber Schultz from Crikey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at three different local newspapers all with a positive story to tell and all from a sector that is doing it tough. Our host this week, Chrisanthi Giotis, talks to Eliza Berlage, Michael Ellis and Susanna Freymark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justice Wigney leaves no doubt as to his assessment of The Daily Telegraph's reporting or the credibility of the witnesses...This podcast is a collaboration with Crikey, Inc and 2SER's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Daily Telegraph's "world exclusive" about Rush landed with a splash. But doubt emerged from the very start...This podcast is a collaboration with Crikey, Inc and 2SER's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Geoffrey Rush's lawyer threatening legal action, the team at The Daily Telegraph make the fateful decision about whether to publish...This podcast is a collaboration with Crikey, Inc and 2SER's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Me Too movement sweeps across the globe, a reporter from The Daily Telegraph starts hunting for a story.... What they find or think they have found will set the scene for the biggest defamation case in Australian legal history and bring a chill to the Me Too movement in Australia. This podcast is a collaboration with Crikey, Inc and 2SER's Fourth Estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with three experienced arts and culture journalists about the state of what is often called lifestyle journalism in Australia and we also talk about ABC's Life being closed down. Our guests this week are Stephanie Convery, Dr. Sacha Molitorisz, and Bernard Zeul. Your host this week is Chrisanthi Giotis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are lucky to talk to Maria Ressa and Nonoy Espina about the pressure being put on journalists in the Philippines. Our talk was in light of Maris Ressa being found guilty this week of libel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to Lorena Allam and Amy McGuire about the recent Black Lives Matter protests and how we can stop Indigenous deaths in custody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn our attention to America and ask is there a way out of the endless cycle of entrenched racism and unrest that has brought the nation to a critical moment in its history. To discuss this we have two former US correspondents ABC's Zoe Daniel and SMH and the Age's Nick O'Malley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to Josh Butler and Saffron Howden about the latest newsroom closures and is there a way forward for the media that is sustainable. We also talk about a very special New York Times front page that made many of us pause and think. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Jacqueline Maley and Geoff Lemon about the long transition back from lock-down and we also talk about Alan Jones, who has just announced his retirement from breakfast radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Paul Barry and Stephen Brook about how the ABC may have been cut by 783 millions dollars since 2014 and will now reportedly have to cut deep to make the books balance. And we also talk through the ethical implications of Mark Di Stefano logging into a private Zoom call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Paul Barry and Stephen Brook about how the ABC may have been cut by 783 millions dollars since 2014 and will now reportedly have to cut deep to make the books balance. And we also talk through the ethical implications of Mark Di Stefano logging into a private Zoom call. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with New York Times' Damien Cave and Nine's Chris Uhlmann about coronavirus getting turned into our newest culture war, moves to make Google and Facebook pay for carrying the news and we also touch on security issues around the proposed tracking app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This edition Sharon Davis has a fascinating talk with Lebanese journalist, Zahra Hankir, about her new book - Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Chrisanthi Giotis speaks with Saffron Howden, Brooke Littlewood and Robert Whitehead about what is happening to regional media due to CoVid-19 and is there any good news on the horizon for our struggling papers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Sharon Davis caught up with journalist, writer, and academic, Azadeh Moaveni, about her life in journalism and her experience writing her new book Guest House for Young Widows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Sharon Davis speaks with ABC Journalist Sophie McNeill about her new book You Can't Say We Didn't Know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have an all-remote panel discussing how the media has gone covering CoVid19, did the media feed into the feeling of panic and how can you consume the news and look after your mental health. Our host Chrisanthi Giotis was joined by Dr. Anne Kruger, Hugh Riminton and Mark Pearson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices