journalism

Journalists Union trying to get rid of elected positions?

2060 — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:24:27 +0000

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) is considering rule changes that would see the abolition of all elected fulltime union officials. This is a radical idea and one that has hardly received any media coverage.

Can appointed staffers and a CEO really do a better job than people elected by the unions’ membership?

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Australia

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media

journalism

Current affairs programming under threat at 2SER

2060 — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:26:46 +0000

Radio Station 2SER FM has decided to “abolish” the staff position which oversees talk and current affairs programming.

The non profit university station says it has to make cutbacks due to a budget shortfall but a large number of the stations volunteers are strongly opposing the move.

Volunteers have formed a new group to fight the move and say the stations 19 specialist talk programs will suffer or disappear if the decision goes ahead.

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Sydney

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journalism

independent media

Calling all Creatives and Writers- Get published in Vibewire!!

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:15:15 +0000

Vibewire is calling for submissions from aspiring writers, journalists, photographers and artists.
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Our current February Theme is “Back to basics?”.

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Calling all creatives and writers- get published in Vibewire!!

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:05:43 +0000

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Information overload, emotionally aroused brains and the practice of journalism.

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:42:10 +0000

Political scientist Markus Prior claims that “the share of politically uninformed people has risen since we entered the so-called information age”. Prior’s analysis is cited in What is Happening to News, a book authored by veteran newspaperman Jack Fuller, in which he tackles the current crisis in journalism. According to Fuller, journalism is important and is responsible for informing us about our world.

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ATTN-Writers and Creatives get published in Vibewire!!

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ATTN-Writers and Creatives get published in Vibewire!!

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:09:43 +0000

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Anonymous — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:02:28 +0000

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Perth Indymedia reporter arrested with other journalists in Copenhagen climate protests

takver — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:33:00 +0000

Alex Whisson from Perth Indymedia, currently in Copenhagen making a documentary on the protests and COP15 summit was detained on Sunday as hundreds of people marched towards the harbor in Copenhagen, chanting and carrying banners reading "Our planet not your business". Several journalists and photographers were targeted by the police and detained.

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Breaking the Australian silence - Sydney Peace Prize awarded to John Pilger

takver — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:07 +0000

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Al Jazeera West Papua documentary Censored

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:25:02 +0000

Melbourne film-makers documentary ‘Pride of Warriors’ was scheduled to screen on Al Jazeera English channel last night at 6:30pm. In cooperation with the 3rd largest English television broadcasters, the film had been made to uncover secret human rights abuses in the Indonesian Province of West Papua. It appears that the channel bowed to pressure from the Indonesian Government and removed the documentary hours before it was due to be aired.

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