Was there ever a golden age of print journalism? Photo by Herkie on Flickr.
Gina Rinehart is circling, and salacious tabloid journalism trumps serious analysis. Whatever is the Australian media industry to do, Geoffrey Barker asks in Inside Story . The sun is setting on the world of journalism in which I have worked for more than fifty years. Radical changes announced by Fairfax and News Ltd, combined with Gina Rinehart's push for control of Fairfax, seem certain to reshape Australian journalism. The industry will employ fewer people; newspapers will shrink in size and possibly be replaced altogether by electronic devices like tablets; a new proprietor will want to influence the Fairfax newspaper policy. Naturally there has been much breast-beating over the future of "quality journalism" and concern over the possibility that Rinehart will "trash the Fairfax brand" by using the newspapers to promote her mining interests. Certainly there are things to worry about.
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