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  • SlowTV: Religion and global media. Ahmed Rehab and Christopher Landau (BBC)

    Ahmed Rehab | Melbourne | Dec. 2009
    Religion and global media. Ahmed Rehab and Christopher Landau (BBC)
    Speaking to the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Muslim leader Ahmed Rehab (US) and BBC World Service presenter Christopher Landau give two clear and insightful perspectives on the global media's treatment of religion, and the difficulties inherent in any coverage of such complex an... » play video

  • SlowTV: New media and world politics. Sam Roggeveen

    Sam Roggeveen | Melbourne | Nov. 2009
    New media and world politics. Sam Roggeveen
    Part 1 | Part 2 At this Lowy Institute talk held in Melbourne, Sam Roggeveen, editor of the Lowy Institute's influential political commentary site, The Interpreter, offers his perspectives on how new media is changing the world. Drawing on US presidential politics, recent events in Iran, China&#... » play video

  • SlowTV: Social Media: Death or salvation of professional journalism?

    Julie Posetti | Sydney | Nov. 2009
    Social Media: Death or salvation of professional journalism?
    Part 1 | Part 2 At this Media140 Sydney forum, Fran Kelly (ABC RN) hosts a panel of eminent journalists and newsmakers on the impact of social media and the internet on professional journalism. The panel comprises the conference's editorial director Julie Posetti, followed by Fairfax Media's... » play video

  • SlowTV: The Iran uprising: A Twitter revolution?

    Mark Colvin | Sydney | Nov. 2009
    The Iran uprising: A Twitter revolution?
    Part 1 | Part 2 At the Media140 Sydney conference, this panel of journalism experts considers the impact of social media, in particular Twitter, on the reporting of the recent uprising in Tehran. Was it a 'Twitter revolution'? Can this form of crowd-sourcing be a reliable source of informati... » play video

  • SlowTV: Ethics and professionalism for journalists in the social media age

    Catharine Lumby | Sydney | Nov. 2009
    Ethics and professionalism for journalists in the social media age
    Part 1 | Part 2 (John Bergin and Kate Crawford)In this Media140 conference session, some of the nation's leading thinkers on journalism discuss issues arising from new social media platforms. In particular they apply themselves to the question of ethics and professionalism in relation to Twitter... » play video

  • SlowTV: Malcolm Turnbull on the (social) media. With Fran Kelly

    Malcolm Turnbull | Sydney | Nov. 2009
    Malcolm Turnbull on the (social) media. With Fran Kelly
    At the Media140 conference in Sydney, a relaxed Malcolm Turnbull talks to ABC RN's Fran Kelly about new media and the contemporary communications landscape. A renowned early adopter (and an internet entrepeneur), Turnbull discusses how Twitter and other platforms have affected journalism, and shape... » play video

  • SlowTV: How social media is changing political reporting

    Annabel Crabb | Sydney | Nov. 2009
    How social media is changing political reporting
    Part 1 | Part 2 From the Media140 conference in Sydney comes this session on the changes that social media, such as Youtube, Facebook and especially Twitter, are bringing to the world of political reporting.Featuring Annabel Crabb, Bernard Keane (Crikey), Chris Uhlmann (ABC), John Kerrison (Nine) an... » play video

  • SlowTV: The Fall of Rome: Media after Empire. Mark Scott

    Mark Scott | Melbourne | Oct. 2009
    The Fall of Rome: Media after Empire. Mark Scott
    Part 1 | Part 2 As Managing Director of the ABC, Mark Scott has presided over the national broadcaster at a time of extraordinary change in the media landscape. In the A.N. Smith Lecture in Journalism, he looks at where media might be headed after the fall of the great media empires. Newspapers and... » play video

  • SlowTV: Journalism: Misrespresenting the Middle East. Joris Luyendijk

    Joris Luyendijk | Melbourne | Sep. 2009
    Journalism: Misrespresenting the Middle East. Joris Luyendijk
    Part 1 | Part 2 Speaking to Michael Gawenda, Dutch author, journalist and media personality Joris Luyendijk discusses his search for the truth as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East. Luyendijk deploys powerful examples, leavened with humour, to demonstrate the ways in which the media gives us... » play video

  • SlowTV: Politics and journalism: Megalogenis, Kelly, Kohler and Sales

    Alan Kohler | Melbourne | Aug. 2009
    Politics and journalism: Megalogenis, Kelly, Kohler and Sales
    Part 1 | Part 2In response to John Howard's recent lecture about the media and politics, some of Australia's leading political journalists and commentators come together to give their perspective on this relationship. Hosted by Michael Gawenda at the Centre for Advanced Journalism, the speak... » play video