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Making and Breaking the News

The Wheeler Centre

Event Date: 5 March 2025 08:00 PM to 5 March 2025 09:00 PM
Event Venue: The Wheeler Centre
Event Organiser: The Wheeler Centre
Ticket Price: $35.50

Can robust public journalism save democracy? Veteran journalists Eric Beecher, Samantha Maiden and Alan Rusbridger come together to discuss the past, present and future of making the news. Eric Beecher (The Men Who Killed the News) became the youngest ever editor of The Sydney Morning Herald at 33 and went on to found independent news outlet Crikey. Samantha Maiden is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and the political editor for news.com.au. Alan Rusbridger (News and How to Use It) is the former editor-in-chief of The Guardian and one of the most respected voices in British journalism. Together with host Corrie Perkin, these giants of media will offer their expert insights into the state of reporting the news: How we read it, who controls it and why it matters. They will discuss the evolution of the fourth estate, the impact of misinformation on politics and society and why independent reporting must hold those in power to account – now more than ever.

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