Media Files Podcast
1) Internet sabbaths and surveillance capitalism in the COVID-19 era: William Powers on what's changed since Hamlet’s Blackberry
Journalist and author William Powers talks with Media Files about taking an internet sabbath, how the media covers tech and what's changed since his book Hamlet’s Blackberry was first published.
2) 'Suck it and see’ or face a digital tax, former ACCC boss Allan Fels warns Google and Facebook
Tech giants don't like Australia's plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for news, to fund public interest journalism. But the government may well respond with a digital tax, says Allan Fels.
3) Media Files: Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don't want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
No wonder that, according to a new international survey, media companies are increasingly unhappy with their lot. In this episode we hear from the survey's author, Robert Whitehead.
4) Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé
Today we meet Bastian Obermayer, the Pulitizer prize-winning journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into global tax evasion.
5) Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required
In Dickens' era, international copyright law developed from a worldwide effort to deal with a global problem. Is it time to tackle tech giants the same way? A journalist and a media owner explain.
6) Media Files: Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth
The Washington Post's weather editor explains how digital media changed the way we connect to the weather, and why it's wrong for weather editors to leave climate change out of the discussion.
7) Media Files: Australians' trust in news media is falling as concern over 'fake news' grows
A recent survey found Australian news consumers are the 'lightest' news consumers out of 38 countries, use fewer sources to access news and are more likely to subscribe to Netflix than news.
8) Media Files: Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission's report
When the royal commission handed down its massive report in late 2017, several sections were redacted until after any legal proceedings against Cardinal Pell were concluded.
9) Media Files: Facebook's Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media
Today's Media Files podcast examines the role of social media in election campaigns, including the spread of 'fake news' and foreign political interference.
10) Media Files: Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the 'disappointing' banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers
Today on Media Files, it's journalism versus the big banks. We're hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.