APC Update 23 Sept 2016
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| APC UPDATE | 23 September 2016 |
| Release of 2016–2020 Strategic Plan |
| The Australian Press Council has completed a Strategic Plan for the next five years, the first such document in the organisation’s 40-year history. |
| The Strategic Plan is composed of two parts. The first is more reflective; clarifying the Council’s challenges, opportunities and purpose. It also specifies the key organisational enablers necessary to achieve success. The second part identifies three core objectives and the strategies for meeting them. |
| “This document could not come at a more critical time for the more than 900 mastheads that are members of the Council and account for 95 per cent of Australian print circulation and a high proportion of the most heavily viewed online news sites,” said Council Chair Professor David Weisbrot. |
| “The media industry in Australia and overseas is undergoing a dynamic transformation, driven by the powerful forces of rapidly changing information and communications technology, increasing globalisation, and ever more intense competition,” he said. “The industry must also adapt to changing patterns of news media consumption as electronic platforms begin to dominate, and to the changing social attitudes, expectations and sensitivities about privacy and media portrayals of religion, sexuality, children, and violence—especially violence against women and children.” |
| The Strategic Plan is the product of a major consultation process involving members of the Council, staff at the organisation’s Secretariat, and outside consultants. |
| The Australian Press Council was established in 1976 and is responsible for promoting good standards of media practice, community access to information of public interest, and freedom of expression through the media. |
| The Press Council is also the principal body with responsibility for responding to complaints about Australian newspapers, magazines and online outlets. |
| A printable copy of the Strategic Plan 2016–2020 document may be downloaded here. For more information, contact the Press Council’s Director of Research and Communications, Michael Rose. Telephone: 0451 978 276. Email: michael.rose@presscouncil.org.au |
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| Australian Press Council Address: Level 6, 309 Kent St, Sydney, 2000 Phone: (02) 9261 1930 or 1800 025 712 Fax: (02) 9267 6826 Email: info@presscouncil.org.au Web: http://www.presscouncil.org.au |
