Annabel Crabb to deliver journalism lecture

> Developing countries would not gain if they imposed bans on GM crop imports: the consumer loss to Asian and Sub-Saharan African farmers is far more than the small gain in terms of greater market access to the EU 26 Oct 2010 - ABC Online Chief Political Writer Annabel Crabb will deliver this year's AN Smith Lecture in Journalism this week. Ms Crabb, who is one of Australia's best known journalists will describe how she made the move from print to digital media, and became a much followed member of the twitter-verse. "The erosion of the old system's predictability, and in particular the gathered audiences that made advertising a piece of cake to sell, do tend to inspire a rather apocalyptic feel among some sections of what they call the legacy media," she says. 'But I take a cheerier view. What lies ahead is not a blasted heath. It's a building site, that's all. And technology gives us everything we need to build something extraordinary to replace what we used to do. 'So long as we're prepared for it to look totally different, and so long as we no longer assume ourselves to be the only people qualified to create content.' The AN Smith Lecture in Journalism commemorates Arthur Norman Smith, a leading political journalist. Over its 70-year-history the lecture has attracted a series of distinguished speakers and is regarded as the most prestigious lecture on journalism in Australia. Previsous speakers have included Rupert Murdoch, Bob Hawke, Michelle Grattan, Peter Beattie, Jon Faine, Maxine McKew, Michael Gawenda and Mark Scott. The lecture is presented in association with the University's Centre for Advanced Journalism. Who: Annabel Crabb, ABC Online's Chief Political Writers - What: 'The end of journalism as we know it: and other good news stories?