Back Issue
The public right to know
Vol 14(2), October 2008
Photo: © Sean Hobbs: Freelancer John Martinkus on assignment for SBS Dateline in Kunar province, Afghanistan, in 2005.
A joint edition produced by the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (UTS) and AUT University's Pacific Media Centre
Editors
Chris Nash, Tony Maniaty, Jan McClelland and David Robie
Editorial
Political blogs
Chris Nash, Tony Maniaty and David Robie pp. 5-7
Theme
THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO KNOW: REPORTING FUTURES
1. Commentary: Political blogging in the 2007 Australian federal election (read abstract)
Mark Bahnisch pp. 8-14
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2. Commentary: Playing possum: Straws in the wind of the blogosphere
Chris Nash pp.15-36
3. Commentary: John Howard, weapons of mass destruction and the public’s right to know (read abstract)
Richard Mills pp.37-48
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4. Where the wild things are: Evolving futures of communications regulation in the current national security context (read abstract)
Susanne Lloyd-Jones pp. 50-71
5. Australia’s media climate: Time to renegotiate control
Jane Johnston and Mark Pearson pp. 72-88 (read abstract)
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6. From Vietnam to Iraq: Negative trends in television war reporting (read abstract)
Tony Maniaty pp. 89-101
7. Student reporting abroad: An international programme called Journalism Reporting Field Trips (read abstract)
Lee Duffield pp. 102-122
8. Radio writes back: Challenging media stereotypes of race and identity (read abstract)
Susan Angel pp. 123-140
9. Art journalism and the impact of ‘globalisation’: New fugal modalities of storytelling in Austral-Asian writing (read abstract)
Ruth Skilbeck pp. 141-161
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Articles
Malcolm Ross and the Samoan ‘troubles’ of 1899 (read abstract)
Allison Oosterman pp. 163-182
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The suitcase, the samurai sword and the Pumpkin: Asian crime and NZ news media treatment (read abstract)
Sarah Baker and S. Jeanie Benson pp. 183-204
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Commentary
‘Māori terror threat’: The dangers of the post-9/11 narrative
Alison McCulloch pp. 205-217 (read abstract)
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Reviews
Media and Development: Issues and Challenges for the Pacific Islands
Edited by Shailendra Singh and Biman Prasad
South Pacific Islands Communication: Regional Perspectives, Local Issues
Edited by Evangelia Papoutsaki and Usha Sundar Harris
Reviewed by Robbie Robertson pp. 218-222
Flat Earth News
By Nick Davies
Reviewed by Karl du Fresne pp. 223-226
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Media Minefield
By Steven Price
Reviewed by Heather Kavan pp. 227-229
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Intro: A Beginner’s Guide to Professional Journalism
Edited by Jim Tully
Reviewed by Mark Pearson pp. 230-232
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Reviewed by David Robie and Shailendra Singh pp. 233-236
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