Millionplus Australian real estate for saleIn the 40 years since young Redmond Barry's arrival in Melbourne, low on cash and prospects, the raw frontier town of 5000 souls had grown into a grand and well-appointed metropolis. And the ambitious Irish barrister had played no small part in its progress. Its library, university, art gallery and museum were the result of his tireless and conscientious exertions. Cultured, courteous, liberal enough to cohabit openly with his mistress and give their four children his name, Barry could take pride in the civilisation he had nurtured in the antipodean wilderness....
Journalism
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SlowTV: Mark Danner in conversation with Fran Kelly
Mark Danner | Melbourne | Mar. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 In this conversation presented by the Wheeler Centre, acclaimed journalist and author Mark Danner discusses his new book Stripping Bare the Body with Fran Kelly (ABC Radio National).Stripping Bare the Body (Black Inc.) shows at close hand how terrorism works and how war looks and sme... » play video -
SlowTV: Social Media: Death or salvation of professional journalism?
Julie Posetti | Sydney | Nov. 2009
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
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
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: How social media is changing political reporting
Annabel Crabb | Sydney | Nov. 2009
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
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
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: Reporting on the environment: A study of science or power? Mark Schapiro
Mark Schapiro | Sydney | Mar. 2009
Mark Schapiro, a veteran environmental journalist and Editorial Director of the California-based Center for Investigative Reporting, explores the intersection between two very different forces: the inherent uncertainties of the scientific method and the demand for clarity by those in power. Whose sc... » play video -
SlowTV: Journalism: David Marr and Gideon Haigh in conversation. Adelaide Writers' Week
David Marr | Adelaide | Mar. 2008
In this entertaining and enlightening discussion, David Marr and Gideon Haigh discuss the conditions of contemporary journalism,the best aims of journalism and the notion of persuasion in relation to journalistic writing. Adelaide Writers' Week(Part 1 of 2) (Click here for Part 2)... » play video
