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Crikey’s Person of the Year brought the allegations against Alan Jones to light

In a year where many of our institutions failed us, it’s unsurprising a fearless piece of journalism, by Kate McClymont, was so important to Crikey’s readers.

Crikey

What’s your favourite journalist’s favourite piece of journalism?

From Paul Barry to Alan Kohler to Sally Neighbour, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures about the best pieces of journalism they’ve read lately.

Crikey

Australia’s media movers and shakers on who survives in Australian journalism

From Jordan Baker to Justin Stevens, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures who will survive in this media climate and what they have to do to tough it out.

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Who was your Person of the Year? It is time to vote!

It was mostly bad. But not all bad. Here are a few figures who did useful and admirable things in 2024.

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Kate McClymont’s report that saw radio’s most powerful man arrested goes without a single nomination at Walkleys

SMH journalist’s Alan Jones investigation snubbed at industry awards. Plus: Richard Glover aghast at ABC sacking Sarah Macdonald

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No longer Jonestown? The diminished political power of Alan Jones

The 83-year-old former shock jock still has friends in high places. But his Monday arrest shows just how far the once-mighty has fallen.

Crikey

Alan Jones once seemed unassailable. What ended it was a peculiarly Sydney story of media, politics and power

For decades it seemed Alan Jones was unassailable.

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Alan Jones Was One Of Australia’s Most Powerful Men — Here’s Why His Arrest Is ‘Stunning’

Alan Jones was one of the most powerful men in Australia. With a massive career in the media, here's why his arrest is significant.

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Who at Nine knew about Wick and when did they know it?

Allegations of sexual harassment against former Nine news heavyweight Darren Wick, and the lack of response to them, raise disturbing questions for Nine Entertainment.

Crikey

Lehrmann headlines $100-a-ticket event

Bruce Lehrmann will speak at an event organised by men’s rights activist Bettina Arndt, almost half the kids in NSW state care are Indigenous, and the big supermarkets could be fined for anti-competitive behaviour under a new code.

Crikey

Joanne McCarthy hails award-winning women who overcame the 'boys club'

Her point of view was from a woman and 'not the blokes in charge'.

Newcastle Herald

From ‘crazy’ to Walkley: Australian Financial Review’s PwC tax leaks scoop takes top journalism prize

Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth take home Gold Walkley while eight women honoured for outstanding contributions. Plus: Crikey job cuts

The Guardian - AU

'I just find it very hard to talk about it without getting emotional': top journalists reveal their trade secrets to Leigh Sales

Journalist Samantha Maiden won Australia’s top award in journalism, the Gold Walkley, in 2022 for her coverage of the Brittany Higgins case. When talking to Leigh Sales about the experience of covering this story, for Sales’ new book, Storytellers, she found herself in tears.

The Conversation

Nine confirms talks with Andrew Probyn as it begins building super bureau in press gallery

Sources say former ABC political editor may be up for dual newspaper and TV role. Plus: West Australian and 10 News First wrongly identify accused murderer

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Accentuating the negative

Former Coalition Indigenous Australians spokesman Julian Leeser has accused the No campaign of using a trope of an ‘angry Aboriginal man’ to incite voters against the Voice, and new drugs offer hope of slowing the decline in dementia patients.

The Guardian - AU

Cheque mate: Kennedy award for Seven’s $150,000 Koletti interview shows tabloid tradition alive and well

Seven’s Spotlight won scoop of the year for interview with husband of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick, but didn’t disclose payment. Plus: last drinks at ABC’s parliamentary bureau

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Cops Investigating Melissa Caddick’s Death Planned To Throw Dead Pigs Wearing Shoes Into Ocean

My head is spinning.

Crikey

A note to men seeking vindication through defamation: you might not like the reckoning

A number of high-profile men have recently discovered that defamation litigation is not the straight path to absolution that they might have hoped it was.

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The Guardian - AU

Headlines go hardline on Albanese while Morrison looks to the Sky

While the prime minister was given free rein, the Labor leader faced the heat on Q+A. Plus: Chris Kenny is making a documentary for the ABC’s birthday

The Guardian - AU

Retired ABC veterans step into the breach, backing up broadcaster’s Ukraine coverage

Return of Williams and Brissenden shows the impact of Coalition cuts to the public broadcaster. Plus: Kate McClymont steps in to defend Bevan Shields

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