{"title":"Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope, Leadership, and Expertise, Bill Dodd (2021)","authors":"A. Dodd","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00111_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00111_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope, Leadership, and Expertise, Bill Dodd (2021)\u0000 Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 190 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-79361-871-9, h/bk, USD 95.00/GBP 73.00,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-79361-872-6, e-book, USD 38.00/GBP 29.00","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43601836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The machines are learning: How artificial intelligence is already affecting journalism education","authors":"J. Sparrow","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00101_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00101_7","url":null,"abstract":"Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) pose considerable challenges to journalism educators. Sophisticated natural language processing systems have shown that the completion of academic assessment tasks does not necessarily require human-like artificial general intelligence. Already, AI can be deployed to assist with or independently complete assessment tasks for students or to provide an unacknowledged context for students completing assessment tasks. Educators teaching in journalism studies must rethink assessment, particularly as the journalism industry increasingly embraces AI technology.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43175504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather Anderson, Bridget Backhaus, Charlotte Bedford, Poppy de Souza
{"title":"‘Go join that radio station up there’: The role of Australian community radio in journalism education and training","authors":"Heather Anderson, Bridget Backhaus, Charlotte Bedford, Poppy de Souza","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00102_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00102_1","url":null,"abstract":"Community broadcasting represents the largest independent media sector in Australia, with over 26,000 actively involved volunteers per annum. While people come to community broadcasting at many different points in their life, there is a common, unofficial narrative that describes community radio volunteers ‘cutting their teeth’ in the sector and then ‘moving on’ in their careers. This article details research that interrogates the experiences of journalists and other people working in the creative and cultural industries, who spent significant time in the Australian community broadcasting sector. Employing a collective case study approach, this article identifies and discusses key themes describing the impact of community radio on the employment pathways and career trajectories of its practitioners, with a focus on journalism and media production. These themes provide a framework for further research into the impact of community media on journalists’ employment pathways and career trajectories, viewing community media through a rhizomatic prism.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45118988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News Media Innovation Reconsidered: Ethics and Values in a Creative Reconstruction of Journalism, Maria Luengo and Susana Herrera (eds) (2021)","authors":"Merran Williams","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00110_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00110_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: News Media Innovation Reconsidered: Ethics and Values in a Creative Reconstruction of Journalism, Maria Luengo and Susana Herrera (eds) (2021)\u0000 Hoboken, NJ: WILEY Blackwell, 256 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-11970-649-6, p/bk, AUD 87.95,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-11970-650-2, e-book, AUD 70.99","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41934088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Journalism Ethics at the Crossroads: Democracy, Fake News, and the News Crisis, Roger Patching and Martin Hirst (2022)","authors":"Risa Murray","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00108_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00108_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Journalism Ethics at the Crossroads: Democracy, Fake News, and the News Crisis, Roger Patching and Martin Hirst (2022)\u0000 Abingdon: Routledge, 308 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-36719-727-8, h/bk, AUD 252.00,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-36719-728-5, p/bk, AUD 69.99,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-42924-289-2, e-book, AUD 56.69","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44595463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History, Andie Tucher (2022)","authors":"Felicity Biggins","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00107_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00107_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History, Andie Tucher (2022)\u0000 New York: Columbia University Press, 384 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-23118-634-6, h/bk, USD 115.00/GBP 90.00,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-23118-635-3, p/bk, USD 28.00/GBP 22.00,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-23154-659-1, e-book, USD 27.99/GBP 22.00","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43417290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ‘digital death knock’: Australian journalists’ use of social media in reporting everyday tragedy","authors":"Alysson Watson","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00106_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00106_7","url":null,"abstract":"Newspapers regularly publish stories about people who have died suddenly or in unusual circumstances and the effect of these deaths on families and communities. The practice by which a journalist writes such a story is called the ‘death knock’; the journalist seeks out the deceased’s family to interview them for a story about their loss. The death knock is challenging and controversial. It has been criticized as an unethical intrusion on grief and privacy and shown to have negative effects on bereaved people and journalists. It has also been defended as an act of inclusion, giving the bereaved control over stories that may be written anyway, and a form of public service journalism that can have benefits for families, communities and journalists. Traditionally a knock on the door, the death knock is also done via phone and e-mail, and recently, in a practice termed the ‘digital death knock’, using social media. This article reports on the findings of a 2021 survey of Australian journalists and their current death knock practice and it will do this within the framework of research in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. In these countries, journalists are doing the ‘digital death knock’ because of time and competition pressures and available technology; however, this raises ethical concerns about their reproduction of social media material without the permission or knowledge of its owners. This article will discuss the extent to which social media has impacted death knock practice in Australia.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46438195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brigid McCarthy, Dylan Bird, Merryn Sherwood, Lawrie Zion
{"title":"‘I can say I was a journalist during a global pandemic’: Australian students’ experiences of a newsroom in lockdown","authors":"Brigid McCarthy, Dylan Bird, Merryn Sherwood, Lawrie Zion","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00089_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00089_1","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic presented university journalism educators with a dual challenge: transitioning subjects online and helping students navigate an industry that is experiencing disruption to work practices and job losses. The impact was particularly felt in practice-based subjects\u0000 such as student newsrooms. While work-integrated learning programmes have become ubiquitous in journalism courses to produce job-ready graduates, the pandemic required educators to implement swift changes to accommodate online learning in them. The pandemic provides an opportunity to explore\u0000 how students perceive the value of curriculum-related newsrooms during significant industry upheaval. Many studies have examined these practical journalism education programmes; however, the student perspective is often lacking. This case study, based on student questionnaire responses and\u0000 educators’ observations, chronicles the experiences of working remotely in a curriculum-related newsroom during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. It situates this within Jaakkola’s ‘pedagogical newsroom’ that blends pedagogical and journalistic principles to simulate practice\u0000 within a flexible environment. Due to this flexibility, educators were able to adapt content for unanticipated online delivery to meet learning outcomes and even to create new learning opportunities. Student survey responses showed that despite the disruption, they believed the programme offered\u0000 vital preparation for industry and generally remained optimistic about their career prospects.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42554028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The song remains the same: Media regulation a decade after the Finkelstein inquiry","authors":"E. Dawson","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00085_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00085_7","url":null,"abstract":"This commentary draws on a keynote panel held (virtually) at the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia’s (JEERA) annual conference, hosted by the University of Canberra between 30 November and 3 December 2021. The panel comprised four people who had been involved\u0000 in the last major attempt to reform media regulation in Australia, in 2011‐12: Ray Finkelstein, who was appointed by the federal Labor government to inquire into the media and media regulation; Matthew Ricketson, then professor of journalism at the University of Canberra, who was appointed\u0000 to assist Finkelstein; political scientist Rodney Tiffen who acted as a consultant to the inquiry, and Emma Dawson, who was the media policy adviser in the office of the Communications minister, Stephen Conroy. The government, which had already set up the Convergence Review, took the recommendations\u0000 of both inquiries and introduced a package of bills to parliament in early 2013 that was strongly opposed by both the Liberal Party and the media industry. Most of the bills were withdrawn. The commentary summarizes the discussion and asks whether media regulation has improved in the intervening\u0000 decade and if not, why not.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41409984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}