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The Chilling Effect – MEAA’s press freedom report 2017

May 3, 2017 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Reports

The Chilling Effect – the report into the State of Press Freedom in Australia in 2017.

The Chilling Effect - the report into the State of Press Freedom in Australia in 2017

MEAA's annual report into press freedom in Australia.

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Fairfax marks World Press Freedom Day by cutting 25 per cent of its journalists

May 3, 2017 Mike Dobbie #FairGoFairfax #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Releases

MEAA is appalled at the decision of Fairfax Media management to cut 125 full-time equivalent positions, or 25 per cent of its journalists, from its metropolitan newspapers.

The Chilling Effect – the 2017 press freedom report

May 3, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Releases

The AFP access a journalist’s phone call data without a warrant in a secret hunt for whistleblowers.

Independent financing of ABC drama and comedy should not be feared

May 1, 2017 Mark Phillips #MEAACrew #MEAAECS #MEAAEquity MediaRoom Releases

A new essay written by the former director of television at the ABC is a timely and worthwhile contribution to the debate about the future of the public broadcaster and its role in nurturing a home grown screen industry.

MEAA CEO Paul Murphy’s speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Australia media dinner

April 29, 2017 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Featured MediaRoom News Speeches
MEAA CEO Paul Murphy delivered this speech to the 2017 Press Freedom Dinner in Sydney on April 28.