Australian police have attacked the way the Australian newspaper reported its planned terror raids, claiming that the newspaper's exclusive was available before the operation had actually taken place early this morning.
It was a stunning scoop, which won journalist Cameron Stewart a prestigious press prize. But the legal implications continue. In brief, the Australian newspaper (part of Murdoch's News Limited) has acquired an order prohibiting publication of a report into the source of the leak by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI). Crikey.com.au reports that the report is "apparently highly critical of Stewart and the newspaper" and identifies a possible source.
This organisation, as the excellent Crikey explains, "is responsible for countering corruption in the Australian Federal Police and the Victorian Office of Police Integrity". The Victorian Office of Police Integrity now seeks to overturn the order.
Today [Thursday] Crikey.com.au's Margaret Simons has been tweeting live from the Australian Federal Court using the hashtag #ozleak: "OPI is seeking a court order to issue an edited report giving details of Oz articles, opi investigation. oz opposes".
The aftermath of [Cameron's] story, which won a Gold Quill in the recent Melbourne Press Club awards, is shaping to be one of the most sensitive and controversial episodes in recent journalistic history, as well as a case study in relationships between journalists and their sources and the rivalries between police forces.
Good background can also be found in the MediaWatch report: 'The Australian v Victoria Police'.
This entry was posted in Journalism, Legal and tagged Australia, Cameron Stewart, Crikey, Margaret Simons, Melbourne, the australian, Victoria Police on April 15, 2010 by Judith Townend.
As noted yesterday, the Guardian persuaded 56 newspapers around the world to run its Copenhagen climate summit editorial, but no major titles from the US and Australia.
The Guardian reports that two Australian newspapers, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, pulled out of this historic initiative because the election of Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader has recast the debate about climate change in this country. Fairfax Media, please explain.
The Age did not pull out of an agreement to publish the editorial written by The Guardian. We expressed support in principle for the project but decided it was important to put our own views in a page 1 editorial.
This entry was posted in Newspapers, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics and tagged #cop15, Australia, guardian, Melbourne, The Age on December 8, 2009 by Judith Townend.
In the wake of news that Fairfax – Australia's major newspaper owner – has posted a net loss of $380 million for the year to June 30, its managing director has said he he would be 'happy to talk' to his rival, Murdoch's News Corporation, about paid content plans.
Fairfax's newspapers includeThe Sydney Morning Herald, The Age in Melbourne, and The Australian Financial Review.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Newspapers and tagged Australia, fairfax, includeThe Sydney Morning Herald, managing director, Melbourne, Murdoch's News Corporation, News Corp, News.com, Rupert Murdoch, the Australian Financial Review, USD on August 24, 2009 by Judith Townend.
Twitterlocal allows you to follow posts on Twitter made by people from a geographical location of your choice.
Now a downloadable AIR desktop application, this is a must-have tool for local newspaper or broadcast journalists who want to monitor Twitter chat in their local beat.
For national journalists, it could be a useful tool to monitor chat around a breaking news event in a specific location, anywhere in the world.
This entry was posted in Handy tools and technology, Social media and blogging and tagged Australia, Journalism, local newspaper, Melbourne, must-have tool, Twitter, Twitterlocal on February 10, 2009 by John Thompson.
Australian journalists at several Fairfax newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne-based The Age, and the Australian Financial Review will go on strike until Monday.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick, Jobs and tagged ABC News, Australian Financial Review, International, Melbourne, strike, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald on August 29, 2008 by Laura Oliver.
One day after Fairfax announced 550 job cuts Andrew Jaspan has been sacked as editor-in-chief of the company's Melbourne newspaper, The Age.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged Andrew Jaspan, editor-in-chief, International, Melbourne, The Age on August 27, 2008 by Laura Oliver.
Fairfax has reportedly bought up a series of domain names covering new areas of Australia and variations on its existing sites for Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.
This entry was posted in Editors' pick and tagged Australia, Brisbane, Melbourne, online expansion, Sydney on July 9, 2008 by Laura Oliver.