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Behind the Media

Stephen Brook, The Australian's media diarist speaks with journalists, writers, editors and analysts about the state of Australia's media industry, as well as their own careers.

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Peter Greste: "There's another problem quite beyond the fame - I'm a convicted terrorist."

Peter Greste: "There's another problem quite beyond the fame - I'm a convicted terrorist."

Foreign correspondent Peter Greste explains how to survive in an Egyptian prison for 400 days, watching a colleague die ... Read more

3 Dec 2017

32mins

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Drama scriptwriter Bevan Lee: "I don't think overall in Australian drama there tends to be enough emotion."

Drama scriptwriter Bevan Lee: "I don't think overall in Australian drama there tends to be enough emotion."

Since the 1980s, Lee has described Australia to itself via the medium of commercial television drama, working on Sons an... Read more

9 Sep 2018

41mins

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Janet Albrechtsen: "I worked out very early on in this job that you make a new set of friends every week and a new set of enemies.

Janet Albrechtsen: "I worked out very early on in this job that you make a new set of friends every week and a new set of enemies.

​Janet Albrechtsen is an opinion columnist with The Australian who came to the paper after a career in law. She sat down... Read more

11 Feb 2018

29mins

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Barrie Cassidy: "There are more partisan journalists (now) than there ever were in the past"

Barrie Cassidy: "There are more partisan journalists (now) than there ever were in the past"

It's hard to imagine the ABC without Insiders, the television show that reshaped the broadcaster's Sunday morning politi... Read more

21 Oct 2018

33mins

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Campbell Brown: "The publishers who built businesses on Facebook around clickbait have seen their traffic plummet."

Campbell Brown: "The publishers who built businesses on Facebook around clickbait have seen their traffic plummet."

Facebook's head of news partnerships Campbell Brown is a serious journalist who worked at NBC, CNN and won an Emmy Award... Read more

12 Aug 2018

29mins

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Dan Box: "True Crime is so hot right now... I just wanted to reach across and slap him."

Dan Box: "True Crime is so hot right now... I just wanted to reach across and slap him."

Former crime reporter at The Australian Dan Box has spent the past three years covering the Bowraville murders in print,... Read more

14 Oct 2018

35mins

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Michael Rowland: "I loathe this word chemistry, absolutely hate it. People talk about breakfast tv... or radio duo having chemistry. I just think it's pretty artificial."

Michael Rowland: "I loathe this word chemistry, absolutely hate it. People talk about breakfast tv... or radio duo having chemistry. I just think it's pretty artificial."

The Australian’s Media Diarist Stephen Brook interviews Michael Rowland, co-host of ABC New Breakfast. The two engage in... Read more

28 Oct 2018

35mins

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Chris Kenny: "I am old enough and ugly enough not to worry about being loved."

Chris Kenny: "I am old enough and ugly enough not to worry about being loved."

The Australian’s Chris Kenny today talks about why he is leaving Sky News for radio, whether Kevin Rudd really tried to ... Read more

10 Dec 2017

28mins

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Miranda Devine: "Andrew Bolt and I don't talk any more."

Miranda Devine: "Andrew Bolt and I don't talk any more."

Controversial News Corp columnist Miranda Devine explains why she said no to same-sex marriage, how column writing is a ... Read more

26 Nov 2017

34mins

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Feature writer Trent Dalton: "They will size you up, and open that friggin door, and that's a beautiful trust exercise."

Feature writer Trent Dalton: "They will size you up, and open that friggin door, and that's a beautiful trust exercise."

Media Diarist Stephen Brook interviews The Weekend Australian Magazine staff writer Trent Dalton, discussing the intense... Read more

23 Sep 2018

50mins

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Russel Howcroft: "If you're in the business of spending your marketing money, where to put that money is tough."

Russel Howcroft: "If you're in the business of spending your marketing money, where to put that money is tough."

Russel Howcroft, an industry veteran who this year celebrates a decade on The Gruen Transfer, the hit ABC advertising pa... Read more

4 Feb 2018

33mins

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Julian Morrow: "As often happened at The Chaser sometimes we only really discovered where the line was by looking back over our shoulder"

Julian Morrow: "As often happened at The Chaser sometimes we only really discovered where the line was by looking back over our shoulder"

The Chaser has been a unique part of the media landscape and at its centre has been Julian Morrow, who trained as a lawy... Read more

28 Jan 2018

38mins

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Amanda Keller: "With Jonesy I fight far more than I do with my husband."

Amanda Keller: "With Jonesy I fight far more than I do with my husband."

Amanda Keller talks about how she tackles early mornings as the host of WSFM's breakfast radio show, being the first fem... Read more

19 Nov 2017

30mins

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Anton Enus: "The apartheid masters did everything they could to exert pressure on the organisation to conform to the message they wanted to send out."

Anton Enus: "The apartheid masters did everything they could to exert pressure on the organisation to conform to the message they wanted to send out."

Back on our screens after being diagnosed with bowel cancer two years ago, Anton Enus says the whole experience changed ... Read more

7 Oct 2018

43mins

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Paul Kelly: "Predictions are cheap, particularly if you get them wrong"

Paul Kelly: "Predictions are cheap, particularly if you get them wrong"

The Australian's editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, gives his account of Australia's recent political turmoil and discusses th... Read more

2 Sep 2018

25mins

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NT News Editor Matt Williams: "I love crocodile stories... I'm less obsessed with aliens and UFOs than my previous counterparts"

NT News Editor Matt Williams: "I love crocodile stories... I'm less obsessed with aliens and UFOs than my previous counterparts"

The Northern Territory News is a tabloid paper which has grown a global reputation for it's quirky coverage of life in A... Read more

26 Aug 2018

36mins

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Mia Freedman: "social media pile ons happen, they're mortifying when you're on the bottom of them."

Mia Freedman: "social media pile ons happen, they're mortifying when you're on the bottom of them."

The MamaMia founder sits down for her first extensive interview after her annus horribilis, and discusses why she contin... Read more

21 Jan 2018

44mins

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Ita Buttrose: "If you want the big roles I've held you have to be tough."

Ita Buttrose: "If you want the big roles I've held you have to be tough."

Ita Buttrose is a media figure who needs no introduction. She founded Cleo magazine in the 1970s, then became editor in ... Read more

18 Feb 2018

34mins

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Helen McCabe: "I had no idea, about magazines. My advice... is don't let that stop you"

Helen McCabe: "I had no idea, about magazines. My advice... is don't let that stop you"

Helen McCabe is one of the most powerful women in media, with a resume ranging from editing the Australian Women's Weekl... Read more

19 Aug 2018

43mins

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Mark Schoofs: "I began to learn the power not of opinion, not of empathy ... but of simply hard fact."

Mark Schoofs: "I began to learn the power not of opinion, not of empathy ... but of simply hard fact."

Mark Schoofs heads a global team of investigative reporters for BuzzFeed News. He set up the team that has prosecuted im... Read more

5 Aug 2018

43mins

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