Key questions remain unresolved about how editorial independence would be protected following the proposed takeover of Fairfax Media by Nine Entertainment Co., says the union for Australian media workers.
Nine’s takeover of Fairfax will be bad for Australian democracy and diversity of voices in what is already one of the most concentrated media markets in the world, says the union for Australian media workers.
MEAA has registered a complaint with the ACTU over the exclusion of journalists from the ACTU Congress dinner in Brisbane last night which prevented them from reporting Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s speech delivered at the dinner. Journalists have also had restricted access to other events at the Congress.
Several industrial relations reporters have been excluded, despite many travelling from interstate to ...
MEAA condemns the decision of the Nauruan Government to refuse to issue a visa to Australian Broadcasting Corporation staff to report on the Pacific Islands Forum in September.
MEAA Media section president Marcus Strom said: “Politicians, wherever they are, must accept the role of the media to report and scrutinise those in power. The Forum is a crucial gathering. It comes ...
The sickening news of five deaths in a targeted attack on the Capital Gazette newspaper group highlights the growing threats to journalists.
Before today’s incident, at least 43 journalists have been killed in targeted killings or cross-fire incidents around the world this year.
Police have confirmed the suspect in this latest incident intended to target the Capital Gazette group and had previously ...
