Fourth Estate

The 2018 budget will bring $84 million worth of cuts to the ABC over three years. So is this a big deal for the national broadcaster? Plus the  draft law that could see Australian journalists locked up for 20 years, just for doing their job.  And the sex column in a college paper that ventured into the realm of academic advice and rubbed some people the wrong way.  Andrew Fowler ( Author and ex ABC), Katrina Strickland (Good Weekend) and Kylar Loussikian (Daily Telegraph) discuss all these issues and more with host, Peter Fray. This episode was produced by Ninah Kopel in the studios of 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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The 2018 budget has been released into the world, and brings bad news for the nation’s public broadcaster. The government will freeze indexation of the ABC from July of 2019, which is set to cost the broadcaster $84 million over three years. To understand what this might mean for how the ABC operates, Peter Fray caught up for a coffee with Professor Ed Davis, President of the NSW and ATC committee  of  Friends of the ABC. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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Will Osman Faruqi and the ABC's mysterious new Buzzfeed-style "vertical" spark more inquiries by senate estimates? The story that sparked Fairfax's big Anzac retraction treads the line of misplaced facts and myth-making. And Labor senator Kimberley Kitching may have hitched up some Russian twitterbot followers but exactly whose stalking horses are they? Alex McKinnon (Saturday Paper), Sam Langford (Junkee) and Claire Connelly (independent) turn these issues over on a panel hosted by Tom Allinson. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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He won a Pulitzer Prize for his photography of the violence during Charlottesville race protests, but now he works in a brewery. So how can we keep talented people in journalism? Plus Anzac Day has come and gone, but what message did it leave behind? We also look at the abortion story Mamamia got wrong and whether they were right to pull it. All this and more discussed by our panelists Miranda Devine ( Daily Telegraph), Marcus Strom (MEAA) and Michael McGowan ( the Guardian). This episode was hosted by Peter Fray and produced by Ninah Kopel. Fourth Estate is produced in the studios of 2ser 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across Australia by the Community Radio Network.

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Gabriel Sherman is author of the New York Times bestselling biography, 'Loudest Voice in the Room' , about Fox News founder Roger Ailes. He is also a Vanity Fair special correspondent, and previously was national-affairs editor at New York Magazine. He’s heading over to Australia soon for Sydney Writer’s Festival where he will join panels discussing how the news has changed and the Murdoch media empire.  Gabriel caught up with host Ninah Kopel,  to discuss media, politics and where the two meet in a modern world. 

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A cut and paste incident has lost a Daily Mail journalist their job, but is the C-word a sackable offense? Plus, the South Australian Government is planning a new shield law to help journalists protect their sources. And Greg Hunt tries to reverse the roles of ministers and media. To discuss these issues and more, we were joined by Alex Bruce-Smith (Pedestrian TV) , Paul Wallbank (Mumbrella) and Sarah Vogler (Courier Mail). This episode was hosted and produced by Ninah Kopel. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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The Cambridge Analytica saga continues as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces the US congress. But is it too late to say sorry? Plus ABC boss Michelle Guthrie fronts Senate Estimates again and in the spirit of Zuckerberg, takes the blame for the corporation’s recent editorial mistakes. We also discuss the two journalists awaiting a formal hearing in a Myanmar prison. And MPs in Lycra: is the media stretching audience attention just a little too far? To discuss these issues and more, we were joined by Yaara Bou Melhem ( independent) , Stephen Brook ( the Australian) and Peter Kerr (AFR). This episode was hosted by Peter Fray and produced by Ninah Kopel. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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This is an extended version of a discussion with Libby Hogan, a multimedia journalist on the ground in Myanmar. With host Ninah Kopel, she discusses the dangers of hate speech on social media and what needs to be done to address it.

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Stories are emerging about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar last year, and Facebook’s role in facilitating the spread of hate speech. Should the platform be doing more to intervene? Plus, we discuss the question that hijacked cricketer Steve Smith’s press conference. And the Nine network has lost their Commonwealth Games accreditation, but is the system irrelevant to begin with? To discuss these issues and more, we were joined by Margaret Simons (Monash University), Max Chalmers (Crikey and ABC), Benedict Brook (news.com.au) and Libby Hogan (Democratic Voice of Burma). This episode was hosted and produced by Ninah Kopel. Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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