Media Makers: Journalism Then & Now
What’s it like to be a political reporter today, when breaking news is measured by second-by-second tweets (instead of next-day newspapers)? How has it changed over the decades?
In this Fifth Estate event, we’ll hear from Fairfax’s Latika Bourke and ABC TV’s Barrie Cassidy.
Featuring
Featuring
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians’ lives in the fog of ... Read more
Barrie Cassidy is one of Australia’s most experienced political correspondents and analysts. He was the creator of Insiders on the ABC, a program he hosted for 18 years.
Latika Bourke is well known as a keen user of social media in her work as a political journalist in Canberra. She has previously reported for 2UE Radio, the ABC and now Fairfax publications, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Her latest pursuit is the product of a personal adventure. Her first b... Read more
Location
The Atrium Flinders Street Federation Square Melbourne Victoria 3000
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