women in media

Why Tracey Spicer ditched being the “good girl” and started speaking up. In her book The Good Girl Stripped Bare Spicer outlines her 30 years in media.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied is back in The Daily Telegraph’s firing line for an Anzac Day post reminding us of the suffering of those in Syria, Manus & Nauru.

The Daily Mail mocked her as thrifty so breakfast TV host Lisa Wilkinson wears the same top two days in a row on The Today Show.

Talitha Cummins, Tracey Spicer and Monty faced pregnancy discrimination. Kate Dimond lost her job a few weeks after telling her bosses she was pregnant.

In her book Breaking the Mould, journalist Angela Pippos writes about the time a well known man exposed himself to her and explains why she said nothing.

The hypocrisy of seeking to silence Yassmin Abdel-Magied is galling. After an exchange with Jacquie Lambie on Q&A she’s become a lightning rod for abuse.

Australian author, broadcaster and film-maker Anne Deveson AO has died at age 86.

A journalist and friend once said to me, “everyone thinks they’ve been badly represented by the media”.

Today Show co-host Lisa Wilkinson made a point of informing her Andrew Olle Lecture audience that she was only the second woman in 16 years to be invited to make that prestigious speech.

Last Wednesday I was contacted by a producer for ABC’s Q&A.

It was a celebration but it was also a call to action.

On Friday evening television journalist Lisa Wilkinson gave the annual Andrew Olle lecture.