The 2013 Press Freedom Issue. Cover by Rod Clement

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A future worth having

By Chris Warren

Right now, if we look hard enough, we can start to see the future. We can start to get some sense of what journalism is going to look like in the 21st century.

A future under construction

By Christopher Warren

It’s that time of year when we celebrate the best of what our craft can produce. In this issue we

To go from print to radio

By Madonna King

When Madonna King applied her 20 years’ experience as a print journalist to radio, she knew things

Head of the class

By Paul Cully

Awards beckon for subs who take time to reckon with words that rhyme...

  • It's -gate time again

    24 February 2010

    By Susan Butler

    Australian politics is yet to rate a genuine lasting -gate, says Susan Butler

  • Blogging Visa Pour l'Image: Part III

    6 September 2009

    By Dave Tacon

    Our intrepid blogger reflects on international photojournalism festival Visa Pour l'Image from a Finnair flight somewhere over Europe, en route to New York City via Helsinki.

  • Blogging Visa Pour l'Image: Part II

    3 September 2009

    By Dave Tacon

    Our second report from a freelance photojournalist wandering the cobblestone streets at international photo festival Visa Pour l'Image.

  • Blogging Visa Pour l'Image: Part I

    1 September 2009

    By Dave Tacon

    A freelance photojournalist's experiences at international photojournalism festival Visa Pour l'Image in Perpignan, France.

  • Lore and order

    14 July 2009

    By Susan Butler

    Most of us feel strongly about things at times. The war in Iraq, the fate of the planet, who took the last biscuit. But not many of us get worked up over alphabetical order, writes Susan Butler.

  • Red and yellow isn't black and white

    14 July 2009

    By Ron Corben

    Thailand’s colour-coded political wars have shown the potency of new media and led to a new debate on freedom of the press, writes Ron Corben

What’s New?

  1. 26 May 2013
    Walkley panels at Sydney Writers' Festival

    Enjoy our free panels at the SWF starting May 20

  2. 21 May 2013
    2013 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

    Young Australian Journalist of the Year Awards

  3. 21 May 2013
    Join us for the Vivid Festival

    Visual displays, light installations, dance, photography and digital...

Editor's Choice

  1. 3 May 2013
    Death, trauma and journalists: Remembering Paul Moran

    By Eric Campbell

    The people who murder journalists like Paul Moran must be held to account, writes the slain ABC cameraman's...

  2. 18 April 2013
    Police Target media in Greek riot act

    By Kia Mistilis

    Police see cameras as a weapon in Greece, and Kia Mistilis and other journalists have found themselves...

  3. 5 April 2013
    From geek to chic

    By Fiona MacDonald

    Fiona MacDonald swapped science mag Cosmos for Cosmopolitan, but she’s still using some of the skills s...

Projects

  1. Walkley Winners Booklet 2012
    2012 Walkley Award Winners

    Winners of the 2012 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism

  2. Journalism at the speed of bytes
    Journalism at the speed of bytes

    Australian newspapers in the 21st century

  3. Press Freedom Report 2012
    Press Freedom Report 2012

    The state of press freedom in Australia