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No easy route to the ‘family business’
By Alexandra Bernard Claire Harvey calls journalism the “family business”. Her father, the late Peter Harvey, was a giant of the...
Dec 1, 2015


Compelling storytelling is and will remain at the heart of journalism
By George Lysnar As editor of the Brisbane Times, a lover of politics and a Women in Media committee member, Danielle Cronin is on the...
Dec 1, 2015


Knowledge is power in legal disputes
By Emma Senior When journalists aren’t writing about John Laxon’s clients, they are his clients. The criminal lawyer is also an expert...
Dec 1, 2015


‘A huge honour’ to anchor the news
By Eliza Reilly When Narelda Jacobs was first asked to speak at the 2018 Women in Media Conference, she replied along the lines of:...
Dec 1, 2015


‘Go with your gut’
By Dinushka Gunasekara and Emily Bradfield In a digital world where there’s an app for everything the most powerful tool a woman has is...
Nov 2, 2015


From Panama Papers to Skin and Bone
By Cloe Read Kimberley Porteous covered 9/11, worked on the Panama Papers, and now is content strategist for the ABC, changing the way...
Nov 1, 2015


From making coffee to Sunrise
By Niamh Sullivan Juggling her upcoming wedding, charity fundraisers and a busy work schedule, which kicks off daily with a 2.30am alarm,...
Nov 1, 2015


‘Discrimination is rife’
By Dinushka Gunasekara and Emily Bradfield Weeknights at 7pm. Karina Carvalho’s face fills TV screens across the state. From behind the...
Nov 1, 2015


‘I don’t do tea and coffee’
By Cloe Read and Alexandra Bernard Some of Australia’s most high-profile female journalists have been asked to make coffee, overlooked...
Nov 1, 2015


Keep a file, and perhaps someday it will keep you
By Eliza Reilly and Niamh Sullivan The national average gender pay gap stands at 16 per cent. In the media industry, it’s 23 per cent....
Nov 1, 2015
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