ABC news editors falter
Mark DayMichelle Guthrie’s reforms are worthless if she fails to address ABC newsroom sloppiness.
Their big stories are ours too
Mark DayComparisons are odious and I’m not going to rank these books, both thoroughly enjoyable stories of our lives.
CommentWill ABC stomach Guthrie’s test?
MARK DAYThe proof of Michelle Guthrie’s new ABC pudding will be in the eating.
Not all sources deserve shielding
Mark DayIt’s an ethical minefield, but not all journalists’ sources deserve the same protection of their identities.
ExclusiveGuthrie to quit role
Mark DayABC managing director Michelle Guthrie will step down from a little-known and lucrative New Zealand board job.
ExclusiveGuthrie takes on the cabals
MARK DAYEighteen months into her five-year term leading the $1 billion-a-year ABC, Michelle Guthrie is facing her biggest test.
ANALYSISPart of Hanson plan has potential
MARK DAYPauline Hanson’s six-point media plan contains one element that has very real merit.
Breaker Morant ‘guilty as sin’
Mark DayA witness relates on newly rediscovered film the extrajudicial killing of a captured Boer.
INQUIRERCan we have faith in ABC?
MARK DAYThe eternal battle for the soul of the ABC has a new frontier — religion.
Out of space: calling it a Day
Mark DayAfter 57 memorable years in journalism, it’s time to say goodbye with my last Media column.
‘Goobook’ should help old media
Mark DayCanberra must decide what is most important: Google and Facebook’s unfettered growth, or Australian democracy.
Guthrie defence is out of touch
Mark DayABC managing director Michelle Guthrie’s recent comment shows she has no idea of life in the real world.
Our secret plan for invasion
MARK DAYGuerilla militias, a scorched early policy; this is how, in 1942, the government prepared for a Japanese invasion.
exclusiveBrisbane Line no myth
MARK DAYDocuments detailing how Australia was to be subjected to a scorched-earth policy if Japan invaded have been found.
Bouquets to our senators
Mark DayA big hooray to the Senate crossbenchers who have pushed for an inquiry into the future of journalism in Australia.
Lessons in fall of Fairfax dynasty
Mark DaySacking journalists is a short-term solution to the need of publishers to cut costs in the face of online competition.
Reflecting on days of yore
Mark DaySir Lenox Hewitt served many political masters during a long career in Australian bureaucracy.
COMMENTBrutality rules at Hywood’s place
Mark DayIt wasn’t surprise that enraged Fairfax Media journalists yesterday amid the latest redundancies, it was the brutality.
Unite against content thieves
Mark DayNews publishers are reaching more people than ever before, but their slice of the advertising pie continues to shrink.
Simple reforms face tough passage
Mark DayBetting is legal; it’s a free country and we should be free to choose how we live and the indulgences we enjoy.
Citizen journos take over
Mark DayNewspaper photographers fade into the history books as the age of the citizen journalist arrives.
Fairfax journos mired in ideology
Mark DayFairfax journalists have clung to their old charter of editorial independence for far too long.
Journalist’s plight a timely task
Mark DayJournalist Steve Barrett has been left swinging in the breeze for 17 years after he was named in 52 warrants.
Fake news tests laws of restraint
Mark DayThe digital revolution has brought spectacular advances, but with them have come unintended problems.
No ‘Goobook’ safe harbour
Mark DayIt is no secret the global media monoliths Google and Facebook already captured the lion’s share of the world’s digital advertising.
Fakery is the wrong path
Mark DayFake news is a cancer that eats away at the credibility of trained and professional journalists in an insidious fashion.
Trump declares war on media
Mark DayDonald Trump’s call for the sources of all stories to be named showers him in gobsmacking hypocrisy.
