Newspaper masthead ‘desecration’
July 19, 2008, 2:42pm, 202 views, Leave a Comment
The Australian Newsagency Blog has a section devoted to “newspaper masthead desecration” with 37 posts. Read more
The Age shows more bias
May 16, 2008, 5:14pm, 172 views, Leave a Comment
The Age’s online sub-editors have shown clear bias in their choice of language for describing an American court’s ruling on same-sex marriages. Read more
Police intimidation
April 30, 2008, 8:34pm, 310 views, 5 Comments
All Australians should be concerned with today’s WA police raid on the Sunday Times office in Perth. Read more
Chinese press gag
April 28, 2008, 9:44pm, 182 views, Leave a Comment

The World Association of Newspapers is leading a push to free the press in China. Read more
Unrest at The Age
April 25, 2008, 4:48pm, 132 views, Leave a Comment
Crikey gives an interesting account of current unrest at Fairfax newspapers. Read more
Media Alliance weighs in
April 18, 2008, 10:11pm, 170 views, Leave a Comment
West Australian Attorney-General Jim McGinty has barred journalists from The West Australian from receiving notice of government media conferences. Read more
Are newspapers dying?
March 2, 2008, 4:05pm, 218 views, Leave a Comment
An interactive American poll has challenged the authority and relevance of newspapers in that country. In some of the key findings: Read more
Media war in the west
February 22, 2008, 6:01pm, 176 views, Leave a Comment
The escalating battle between the West Australian Government and Perth’s only daily newspaper has reached a sorry new level.
According to The Australian, a dirt file on the editor of The West Australian, Paul Armstrong, was leaked to a journalist.
The document is a damning critique of Armstrong’s editorship and gives the mobile phone number of a former reporter it says will claim that Armstrong rewrote a story to make it anti-government. Read more
