Screen Women are a driving force in TV viewership and shouldn’t be taken for granted any longer Women and people of colour remain underrepresented in the shows on the most popular streaming platforms, a new study from UCLA has found.
News & Views ‘Sexy Santas’ stunt at Seven West Media stirs pot amid ongoing misconduct allegations Seven West Media is once again under fire in the media – this time for an allegation of female dancers dressed up as “sexy Santas” featuring in a staff meeting.
News & Views ‘Respecting the dignity of victim-survivors’: A lesson in how media should cover men’s violence against women Amid the national crisis of men’s violence against women, news coverage surrounding the issue can heavily influence public understanding.
News & Views Career dissatisfaction for women in media reaches a record high, new research shows More than a third of women working in Australia’s media industry are considering leaving their jobs, as new research shows career dissatisfaction for women has hit a record high.
Appointments As Peter Costello is pushed out, Catherine West steps in as Chair of Nine Nine Entertainment has appointed Catherine West as the new Chair of the company, following the resignation of Peter Costello over the weekend.
News & Views The paparazzi at Brittany and David’s wedding were predators I personally know Brittany as a truly good human. A person who is entitled to privacy. On her wedding day, that privacy was seriously violated by the media, writes Ginger Gorman.
Soapbox Sky News’ humiliation of Keegan Payne is a lesson for the media on ‘balanced’ storytelling It is unhelpful to reduce storytelling in journalism to a set of scales without considering how much different voices weigh.
News & Views A tale of two attacks: Sydney stabbings expose our double standards Two terrible tragedies have rocked Sydney, but the double standard in the reporting of these attacks is now actively causing harm.
Agenda Sports Only 15% of sports news focused on women’s sport last year: New research Women’s sport is vastly underrepresented in sports news, according to a study backed by Victoria’s Office for Women in Sport and Recreation.
News & Views Misogynistic views are rampant on social media. We should all think twice before engaging with them We should all question what we engage with online and think about what these “humorous or edgy” takes really support and normalize.
News & Views Male violence kills five women in ten days as police discover a woman’s body in Perth Five women in Australia have been killed in the last ten days, as calls for stronger action against domestic violence grow louder.
News & Views Cheng Lei is making up for “absent mummy” time Cheng Lei At 48, journalist Cheng Lei is a mother of two who is now trying to make up for “absent mummy” time back home in Melbourne.