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I posted to gorey.com.au
The Sunday Mail has a page 10 story today headlined “Turmoil on the Mount — Newspaper editor quits, reporter accused of poll bias”. It’s mainly about allegations of bias against The Border Watch by the Liberal Party. The story is based on the fact former editor Frank Morello has been…
March 13 2010, 3:32pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
There may be some interest in the fact I have left The Border Watch. This will be my only public statement. When you hold a senior position in an organisation you learn to ride the bumps and take the rough with the smooth. If you’re unhappy in a job you…
March 8 2010, 10:31pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
How Will The End Of Print Journalism Affect Old Loons Who Hoard Newspapers?
March 8 2010, 3:47pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
The judge, the soroptimist and a cactus
I appeared before a Supreme Court judge this week. More later. Meanwhile, I’m sure that Soroptimists are lovely people. In fact, Soroptimist International is a worldwide organisation for women in management and professions, working through service projects to advance human rights and the status of women. But I wish they…
February 25 2010, 11:15pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
A newspaper in a neighboring town, The Spectator at Hamilton, has a popular “text the editor” section. The concept isn’t entirely new, of course. I’ve seen it in many places elsewhere and Mount Gambier’s paper does it as well. In fact, I was interviewed by a university student during the…
January 8 2010, 1:24am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
This is a pictorial page from the defunct Argus newspaper in Melbourne, dated Tuesday, January 17, 1939 after the black Friday bushfire. The child in the bottom left corner is my father, aged 3, receiving a new pair of boots from the Warragul relief depot after his family’s house at…
November 29 2009, 3:46am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
Reporting suicide is a virtual taboo in the Australian media. Authorities are reluctant to divulge information or comment on suicide cases. Pressure comes to bear on journalists and editors to not report suicides at all, presumably out of a copycat fear. The hostility from health agencies toward media reporting of…
September 21 2009, 5:57am | Comments »
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I posted to theborderwatch.blogspot.com
Newspapers around the world are grappling with how digital media has changed the way people obtain and consume information.The amount of information available to people today at the click of a mouse is staggering.A hundred years ago the newspaper and the telegraph were the only means of rapidly conveying news…
August 17 2009, 10:03pm | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
A lot has been written and said about newspapers charging for online content since Rupert Murdoch restated News Corp’s intention to go down this path in the next 12 months. I’ve always been web savvy and knew 12 years ago there would be a drift from newsprint to the web.…
August 9 2009, 2:58am | Comments »
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