Double Take Centre for Media Transition

Tim Koskie speaks to Venessa Paech, an expert and educator in online community management who is currently researching the impact of algorithmic culture, genAI and automation on how we form and govern online community spaces.

Tim Koskie speaks to Sam Koslowski, co-founder of The Daily Aus, a social born news publication for young Australians. The Meta decision to stop funding news in Australia for its soon to be redundant Facebook News Tab carries a lot of weight for The Daily Aus, whose target audience largely consumes news on digital platforms.

This week, Monica jumps into a deep and murky pond of discontent – objectivity in journalism. Is it still important for the practice of journalism, and if so, how can it be reconciled with the push for our newsrooms to become more reflective of who we are as Australians?

Monica speaks to Kim Williams who will soon be taking the reins of power at the ABC as the new chair.

Early next year, Australia’s world-first news media bargaining turns 3, meaning that many of the deals Google and Meta have done with Australian news media businesses are about to expire. Worth well over $200m annually, these deals have prompted a host of other jurisdictions to follow suit. Yet critics argue the code is flawed, unfair and lacks transparency.

CMT's Sacha Molitorisz speaks with ex-ACCC chair Rod Sims, Columbia journalism scholar Anya Schiffrin, and author and consultant Hal Crawford about the code and its impact, three years on and beyond.

The CMT's Ayesha Jehangir speaks with Zahra Nader, the founder of Zan Times, a Canada-based news website that enables Afghan women journalists to continue reporting on Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. They discuss Zan Times, the challenges of practicing journalism in exile, and the safety concerns confronting women journalists in Afghanistan.

CMT Researcher Dr. Timothy Koskie talks media diversity and regional media with Genevieve Jacobs AM, whose Region Media Group hosts a variety of regional online news sources that service local communities across NSW.

Our conversation touches on how an absence of media diversity is
experienced by these groups, as well as how regional media organisations can tackle some of the challenges of the modern media environment.