The internet was meant to democratise facts and information, but it's also led to misinformation, trolling and bots as well as a 24 news cycle. Jo Chandler is a veteran journalist and a lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing journalism. She's produced long form investigative features that delve into the impacts of the climate crisis and has witnessed the internal struggles carried out in newsrooms across the world as they work against shortening deadlines, advertising influence and celebrity journalism.

This episode was recorded on February 5 2020

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Guest: Jo Chandler, is an award winning journalist and a lecturer at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advancing Journalism.

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Producer Sarah Mashman

Executive producer Leah McGibbon

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