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How can journalists defend the free press?
The Economist Asks Podcast, The Economist, 22 October 2021In this episode of The Economist Asks, host Anne McElvoy asks joint Nobel Peace Prize winning journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, how they are defending the free press. The panel discusses how their work safeguards freedom of expression and...
socio political environment
media relations
Investors are ignoring a dangerous crackdown on press freedom
Ian Marlow & Isabella Steger, The Sydney Morning Herald, 06 August 2021With a crackdown on the world’s press comes a more challenging business landscape for investors. Restricted information flows can mask political and regulatory problems as well as potential fraud and corruption, raising the risks of doing business — particularly in more volatile emerging markets where good quality information may already be...
media relations
advocacy
Big tech, science communications, and corporate values during COVID
24 November 2020On In Conversation, we discuss the recent moves in the United States to regulate big tech, the importance of science communications and what lessons can be learned, and how can the corporate public affairs function adapt to working from home.
Joining us for this episode are two experienced...
socio political environment
public policy
media relations
Australia’s newspaper ownership is among the most concentrated in the world
Nick Evershed, The Guardian, 14 November 2020Ownership of Australia's newspapers is one of the most concentrated in the world but changes in how metrics are collected is making it difficult to get an updated picture. The 2016 'Who Owns the World's Media?' study on media ownership and concentration found in 2011 Australia had the most concentrated newspaper industry of...
public policy
media relations
Journalists perceive stories published in local news outlets to be less newsworthy
Mark Coddington & Seth Lewis, Nieman Lab, 05 September 2020A survey-based experiment with 1,510 American newspaper journalists has discovered journalists consider news stories published in national publications didn't give stories a newsworthiness boost compared to the same story being unpublished or published by a mid-size paper. However, a story published in a local newspaper was seen as less...
media relations
With coronavirus and bushfires, Australia is in the perfect conditions for fake news to flourish. Here’s how you tackle it
Elly Duncan and Ruby Cornish, The Drum, 21 July 2020Since the start of the year, Australia’s demand for news has surged. Nearly half of a group of participants surveyed by the News and Media Research Centre, get their news online. However, the first six months of 2020 have been defined by immense change, and a rise in ‘fake news,’ according to Anne Kruger, Australia-Pacific lead for global...
socio political environment
media relations
Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions for 2019
Nic Newman, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, January 2019, 23 January 2019The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s predictions for 2019 are outlined in great detail in this report, which notes that 2019 will be a ‘critical year’ for publishers and platforms in terms of rebuilding trust and credibility. 2019, it writes, will be a year of fundamental shifts. The labelling and prioritising of trusted content...
socio political environment
media relations
Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions for 2019
Nic Newman, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, January 2019, 23 January 2019 The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s predictions for 2019 are outlined in great detail in this report, which notes that 2019 will be a ‘critical year’ for publishers and platforms in terms of rebuilding trust and credibility. 2019, it writes, will be a year of fundamental shifts. The labelling and prioritising of trusted content as...
socio political environment
media relations
PR is dead
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Vol. 23 No. 1, 27 May 2013Click here to download the May 2013 Centre for Corporate Public Affairs Newsletter (Member login for access)
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