Misogyny Much? The gendered newsroom
Saturday, 11 Oct 2014, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Most of the people at the head of Australia’s news media are male, and most people quoted on the front page are also men. Yet in the past year, mainstream media outlets have changed the way they report important issues such as violence against women. Does misogyny haunt public life, and the newsroom? How does gender affect the news?
With Kate Torney, director of News, ABC, Ellen Whinnett, national political editor, Herald Sun and Patricia Karvelas, The Australian. Chaired by Gael Jennings, Centre for Advancing Journalism.
Featuring
Patricia Karvelas is a prominent Australian journalist, beginning her professional career at the ABC and SBS 20 years ago. She currently presents Radio National’s flagship radio current affairs programme RN Breakfast. Patricia co-hosts the ABC’s popular weekly political podcast, The Party Room... Read more
Kate Torney has extensive experience in the Australian media, cultural and philanthropic sectors, having spent 20 years at the ABC, including six as News Director, six years as Chief Executive of the State Library of Victoria and now as CEO of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation Opened in 1856, th... Read more
Ellen Whinnett is The Australian’s associate editor. She is a dual Walkley Award-winning journalist and best-selling author, with a specific interest in national security, investigations and features. She is a former political editor and foreign correspondent who has reported from more than 35... Read more
Gael Jennings is an award-winning national TV and radio broadcaster with 25 years’ experience as presenter, reporter and TV executive. She was the ABC’s first national science and medical reporter for TV News, and for the 7.30 Report, presenter of 7.30 Report, reporter of ABC TV’s Quantum and ... Read more
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