Fourth Estate

This week's program is a chat with Stuart Coupe about his new book Shake Some Action. Stuart takes us through his decades-long career as a journalist working in the music industry. Producer and host was Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with Leonid Ragozin about Prigozhin's failed mutiny and what this means for Putin. Your host this week was Monica Attard Produced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with independent journalist Antony Loewenstein about his new book called The Palestine Laboratory. Your host Monica Attard Produced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with academic and author Dr. Chrisanthi Giotis. Her new book is called Borderland and it explores how colonisation and long-standing processes of Western journalism have distorted how we view Africa. This edition is produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Chris Masters talks to Monica Attard about the stunning victory he and Nick McKenzie had over Ben Roberts-Smith. In what was one of the biggest and most expensive defamation cases in recent memory we get Chris's insights and methods on taking down a myth. Produced by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our first show of 2023 focused on AI. Four months later, we revisited this topic with the same guests, Dr. Sacha Molitorisz and Charlie Lewis. Since then, significant developments have occurred in the AI space, and our discussion this time addressed the challenges we now encounter with this emerging technology. Produce and hosted by Anthony Dockrill  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the latest report from Media Diversity Australia titled Online Saftey of Diverse Journalists. To discuss the report and the scale and also, the kinds of abuse diverse journalists are experiencing we spoke to Professor Bronwyn Carlson and Dr Faith Valencia-Forrester. Produced and hosted by Anthony Dockrill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with Eric Beecher, the chairman and co-founder of Private Media which publishes Crikey. Monica Attard spoke to him about Lachlan Murdoch ceasing his defamation action against Crikey and what it means for Crikey and the Australian media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we turn our attention to the biggest defamation payout in US history. Fox News has this week agreed to pay 787 Million US dollars to Dominion which supplied voting machines to the 2020 presidential election. To discuss what this means we spoke to Paddy Manning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with UTS Professor Wanning Sun about the recent Red Aert series in the SMH and the Age and how Chinese Australians consume the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we take a wide-ranging look at the political trends in Australia and America and ask are the two countries growing apart and what role is the media playing in the potential differences we are now seeing emerge between the two countries. Monica Attard spoke with Damien Cave and Jennifer Hewitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we speak with Margaret Simons about her new book Tanya Plibersek - On Her Own Terms. Plibersek has a 25-year-plus career in politics but she set out originally to be a journalist and her relationship with the media is also unusual in many ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the SMH and the Age's recent series on a possible coming war with China and ask was this series a timely look at a major coming threat or if was it alarmist as Paul Keating recently claimed. We also look at Aukus and discuss how this week's announcement will be viewed by China. Monica Attard spoke with ABC's Bill Birtles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the war grinds into its second year. Monica Attard and Leonid Ragozin discuss the war and the changing narratives within some sections of the media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss what AI like ChatGPT means for journalism and whether jobs are at risk. To discuss this we are joined by Dr. Sacha Molitorisz from UTS and Charlie Lewis of Crikey. The program was produced and presented by Anthony Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we reflect on the media reportage of harassment and violence against women and children in 2022. How has the national discussion and media reportage changed since 2021 and what lessons do we take into 2023? Marlene Even spoke with Amber Schultz, Associate Editor for Crikey and Jane Gilmore, author, journalist, and consent educator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the role of a journalist and what makes New Zealand journalism unique? In this episode, we compare Australian and New Zealand journalism and discuss the 'Worlds of Journalism Study 2.0. Journalists in Aotearoa/ New Zealand' report. Marlene Even spoke with the lead researcher of the report Associate Professor Dr James Hollings and Carmen Parahi, Pou Tiaki matua of Stuff.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we look at the latest report from Media Diversity Australia titled Who gets to tell Australian stories 2.0. We looked at the first report back in 2020 and since then the story has not changed very much at all. To help us unpack the latest report but also look at the road ahead we spoke with Dr Lee Martin and Sushi Das. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the aftermath of the United States midterm election and in the whirlwind of a Musk owned Twitter, Monica Attard spoke with American journalist Ben Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Semafor- a global news organisation. The two esteemed journalists discuss the American media coverage of the midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalists are watching on as Twitter transforms under new management. The social media platform recently switched hands from being a publicly listed company to one owned by a small group led by billionaire Elon Musk. We discuss how Twitter has shaped the industry and where do journalists go now in the wake of a Musk owned Twitter? Marlene Even spoke with Cam Wilson, associate editor of Crikey and Ariel Bogle, technology reporter with ABC Radio National. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices