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Fourth Estate episodes

July 20, 2017 Laptops in the toilet! Where do you consume news?
Host Olivia Rosenman speaks to Michael Jensen, one of the authors of the 2017 Digital News Report about gender and news. This year is the first time the report has examined how gender effects the way we engage with news, including where we consume news, what news we consume, and the reasons that we avoid news. Olivia and Michael discuss the findings in the report, including some surprising results about where men are most likely to consume news!
The Digital News Report: Australia 2017 is a collaboration between the News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. The survey is part of a wider project with 36 participating territories and 2017 is the third year Australia has participated. the report is available here:
https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/research/digital-news-report-australia-2017

Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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29 min
July 16, 2017 Is Sky News becoming like Fox News, are the Walkley still relevant and what is Common Sense?
Sky News' late night line up is filled with hard right commentators and some people are worried that the network is moving towards coverage like Murdoch's US news network - Fox. Plus we discuss the recent changes to the Walkley Awards and ask if the foundation is still relevant. And we consider a new TV show called Common Sense and ask if it should be prescribed viewing for all pollies and journos. With Helen Vatsikopoulos (UTS), Mark Di Stefano (Buzzfeed) and Osman Faruqi (Junkee). Hosted by Olivia Rosenman.
Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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34 min
July 06, 2017 Bullshit Detecting With Nick Enfield
Nick Enfield is a professor of linguistics at the University of Sydney, and head researcher at the Post Truth Initiative. Enfield has gathered a team of researchers including data scientists and software developers to create a 'bullsh*t detector' hoping to stop the spread of fake news, lies, and propaganda. Miles Herbert sat down with Nick to discuss how we should navigate this current political climate of misinformation. Also Kid Rock.

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30 min
June 26, 2017 Reporting On Race Through American Eyes With John Eligon From NYT
John Eligon is the New York Times race reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. Host Olivia Rosenman spoke to Eligon about his collaboration with ABC Foreign Correspondent, Through American Eyes, that aims to get an outsider take on race relations Australia. Eligon's impressions and observations from his trip around the country, from Sydney to Kununurra, Brisbane to Murray Island, make for thought provoking listening.
Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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32 min
June 22, 2017 Red Symons, Mia Freedman, Media Reform & NYT Australia Offends Local Arts Scene
How did Red Symons and Mia Freedman make such a mess and was the response overblown or fully justified? Plus we examine the government's proposed media reform package that's stuck in the Senate and ask if it will save Channel Ten. And finally we take a look at the NYT Australia article that ruffled some feathers in the world of arts and culture.
With Arvind Hickman (AdNews Australia), Isabel Lo (Media Diversity Australia) and Jenny Noyes (The Sydney Morning Herald). Hosted by Olivia Rosenman.
Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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35 min
June 07, 2017 A Whole Lot Of Outrage: Male Privilege, Newscorp V. Press Council & Endometriosis
Controversy abounds this weeks as a scientific study on endometriosis prompted outrage in the media and online. But was it justified? Plus we examine the latest appointment to the Australian Press Council - Carla McGrath - and the response in News Corp Press. Finally, we look at conversations about male privilege in the media and an upcoming debate on Triple J's Hack asking if it even exists.
With Alyx Gorman (Time Out), Gina Rushton (Buzzfeed) and Matilda Dixon-Smith (Junkee). Hosted by Olivia Rosenman.
Fourth Estate is produced by 2SER 107.3 radio in Sydney and is broadcast across the Community Radio Network in Australia.

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30 min
June 04, 2017 SWF Special: Understanding China's Economy With NPR's Shanghai Correspondent Rob Schmitz
In the last of our Sydney Writers Festival specials, we spoke USA National Public Radio Shanghai Correspondent Rob Schmitz. Host Olivia Rosenman met with Rob Schmitz to discuss how to report on China's economy when the country's leading politicians admit GDP figures are mostly 'man-made' and why Rob has higher hopes for Chinese millennials than American.

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31 min
May 28, 2017 SWF Special: All The Kremlin's Men With Mikhail Zygar
Mikhail Zygar is a veteran Russian journalist and the author of a new book that gives unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the Russian government. Host and Executive Producer Olivia Rosenman spoke to Mikhail Zygar while he was in Sydney for the Writers Festival about what it's like to be a journalist in Russia and if there's any hope of restoring a functioning political system.

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31 min
May 25, 2017 SWF Special: Desi Anwar On Communicating Indonesia To The Western World
In another of our Sydney Writers Festival special podcast extras, producer Jessica Smalley spoke with Desi Anwar, Indonesian columnist, senior anchor, journalist and the host of Insight with Desi Anwar on CNN Indonesia. Jessica and Desi spoke about communicating Indonesia to the western world, political correctness and reporting across two languages.

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30 min
May 24, 2017 SWF Special: In Conversation With Economics Journalist Sebastian Mallaby
This week on Fourth Estate, Mariam Cheik-Hussein spoke to Sebastian Mallaby from London about how the media should report economics, how journalists can fairly criticise the Trump presidency without feeding into his supporters belief that the system is against them, and more. Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Washington Post columnist. He previously spent 13 years at The Economists covering international finance in London and serving as bureau chief in southern Africa, Japan and Washington.

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28 min

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