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Welcome to this new podcast from the UTS Centre for Media Transition! We lift the lid on the big issues in news media and talk them through with stakeholders, people with some skin the game. Each month, one of us from the Centre will bring you a new interview, a double take on a different issue.

  1. The Year in Media Transition 2025

    12/16/2025

    The Year in Media Transition 2025

    Our annual review is back - and how could we sum this year up without looking at AI in news - what it means practically and ethically? Sacha Molitorisz speaks with journalist, broadcaster and podcaster Joe Hildebrand, and ABC's Managing Editor (Standards & Compliance) Sashka Koloff about declining trust, hallucinations and sex robots. You'll have to listen to understand.

    41 min
  2. Podcasting in the Wild

    11/25/2025

    Podcasting in the Wild

    Monica Attard speaks with Dr Siobhan McHugh, a leading podcast studies scholar and a multi award winning narrative podcast producer, and Dr Sarah Gilbert who leads the UTS Impact Studio, translating the scholarly work of academics into digestible podcasts.

    35 min
  3. Justice for Victims of Online Abuse

    10/28/2025

    Justice for Victims of Online Abuse

    Does e-Safety do enough? In this episode, Professor Derek Wilding is speaking with Dr Noelle Martin, an expert on image-based abuse, and survivor-turned-activist. Noelle shares her research on image-based sexual abuse, particularly deepfake abuse, which disproportionately affects women globally.   Link below to Noelle's article 'Online safety regulation of deepfake abuse: a case study on Australia’s eSafety Commissioner': https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2025.2504791

    30 min

  4. 09/30/2025

    Democracy and the Information Environment

    Michael Davis talks to Robin Mansell, Professor Emerita at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Scientific Director of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy. They discuss how a broader ecosystem based approach to problems of information integrity is needed.

    31 min
  5. Reporting on National Security: D-Notices or Not?

    09/02/2025

    Reporting on National Security: D-Notices or Not?

    Reporting on matters of national security is high stakes, and few know that better than Cameron Stewart, Chief International Correspondent at The Australian newspaper, and one of Australia’s most experienced national security journalists. It’s widely accepted that if journalists don't have safe and lawful means to report on matters of national security, democracy is undermined. But government has a mission too – to protect Australians.   Susanne Lloyd-Jones, Lecturer at UTS Law, asks whether a voluntary, ‘media-led’ governance mechanism co-designed to build trust between the media and government could work.

    33 min
  6. Punter's Politics on Platforming News

    08/05/2025

    Punter's Politics on Platforming News

    We know that people are increasingly getting their news from social media content creators: for people aged 25-34, the go-to platform for news is YouTube. But can content on these platforms be considered news and its creators' journalists? Where are the crossovers harmful or useful?  To help us explore this issue from a content creator’s perspective, our PhD student Chris Hall speaks with Konrad Benjamin, also known as Punter’s Politics. Chris’ PhD research looks into the social and legal impacts of youtubers producing journalism. You can find his article 'Platform Journalism on YouTube' here: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajr_00178_7

    35 min

  7. 06/03/2025

    Mainstreaming Populism

    We dive into the complex and timely topic of populism—its roots, its rise, and its ripple effects across politics and media. CMT Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Alena Radina and Dr Jay Daniel Thompson, a freelance journalist and Senior Lecturer of Professional Communication at RMIT University, distinguish between left- and right-wing populism in the context of President Trump and the recent Australian Federal Election.

    23 min

  8. 05/07/2025

    Content Moderation à la EU

    This episode, we are looking at how Europe deals with content moderation, specifically when a digital platform makes a decision about content that someone wants to dispute.  CMT Researcher Kieran Lindsay speaks with digital policy expert Ruairi Harrison.

    33 min
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Welcome to this new podcast from the UTS Centre for Media Transition! We lift the lid on the big issues in news media and talk them through with stakeholders, people with some skin the game. Each month, one of us from the Centre will bring you a new interview, a double take on a different issue.

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  • Creator
    Centre for Media Transition
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Centre for Media Transition
  • Show Website
    Double Take

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