News & Views ‘Funghi Fatale’: How the media turned Erin Patterson into a caricature The Erin Patterson case has taught us something unsettling: even in the face of so-called justice, misogyny always finds a way to surface.
News & Views Antoinette Lattouf and Jan Fran launch new media company and podcast Antoinette Lattouf teams up with Jan Fran to launch a podcast that aims to scrutinise the media landscape in Australia.
News & Views Sussan Ley has her first big outing with the national media next week, so here are some questions for her Sussan Ley is already breaking from her predecessor and fronting the National Press Club. Here are some questions she’ll need to answer.
News & Views How Narelda Jacobs learnt “her place” in media There are few people in Australia’s media more recognisable than Narelda Jacobs. But breaking through as a queer, Aboriginal woman hasn’t been easy.
News & Views Criminalised women deserve justice, not victim-blaming headlines An article published by the Daily Mail refused to see two women as victims of horrendous acts of violence. Instead, it centred their criminal histories.
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.
