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News

12 March 2010
One week left to enter Young Journo

If you're a journalist or photographer 26 or under, time's running out for your chance to win $5000...

11 March 2010
Required reading

Is Facebook the media's main competition? And why are gossip rags eyeing sports stars as their new...

9 March 2010
Required reading

Digital advertising spend conquers print, and iPhoned journos love the Police Scanner app. Today's...

4 March 2010
Journo meets Jedi

The Men Who Stare at Goats, a rollicking film based on Jon Ronson’s book, is out now.

4 March 2010
Required reading

Cheap drinks? There's an app for that. Plus photographers suffer under new UK bill, and more in today's...

3 March 2010
Required reading

Facebook makes a billion, Penguin books with more Colin Firth, and Arianna Huffington says "I...

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Cartoon by Mandy Graham, Newcastle Herald

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

By Susan Butler

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

Blogging Visa Pour l'Image: Part III

By Dave Tacon

Our intrepid blogger reflects on international photojournalism festival Visa Pour l'Image from a Fin

Blogging Visa Pour l'Image: Part II

By Dave Tacon

Our second report from a freelance photojournalist wandering the cobblestone streets at internationa

  • 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

  • Murder in Mexico

    13 May 2009

    By Antonio Castillo

    South of the border is the deadliest place to be a journalist in the Americas, writes Antonio Castillo. Illustration by Ray Hirst.

  • Partying hard

    13 May 2009

    By Rowan Callick

    The cadres have made China a manufacturing powerhouse, and now they want the "soft power" of global media influence. Rowan Callick looks at the prospect. Artwork by John Tiedemann.

  • Beirut and beyond

    13 May 2009

    By Sophie McNeill

    In-depth foreign reporting is becoming a luxury that few TV news organisations can afford, so Sophie McNeill has taken the solo option.

What’s New?

  1. Young Journo trophies, by Dinosaur Designs
    12 March 2010
    One week left to enter Young Journo

    If you're a journalist or photographer 26 or under, time's running out...

  2. 11 March 2010
    Required reading

    Is Facebook the media's main competition? And why are gossip rags eyeing...

  3. The LA Times cover featuring an Alice In Wonderland ad
    9 March 2010
    Required reading

    Digital advertising spend conquers print, and iPhoned journos love the...

In the Magazine

  1. Illustration by Rocco Fazzari
    4 March 2010
    Who grew my dinner?

    By Jane Milburn

    Celebrity chefs may be hot in the media, but who produces the ingredients in those glamorous dishes?...

  2. Illustration by Robin Cowcher
    4 March 2010
    What's eating you?

    By Stephanie Wood

    An impulse to blog has given foodie Stephanie Wood a whole menu of career options. Artwork by Robin...

  3. Click on images to enlarge
    24 February 2010
    Postcards from Australia's heartland

    By Alan Attwood

    A photographer's vision and a novelist's musings give an insight into an Australia far from the tourist...

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    Get your daily FOJ fix

    A daily readling list link-fest for the latest on the future of journalism

  2. Multi-tasking = mediocrity?

    Sometimes journos should be left to do what they do best...

  3. Media Alliance
    Hyperlocal in the headlines

    The Media Alliance continues the debate on the future of journalism