Journalism is quickly changing. Reportage and commentary are no longer left to professionals. Instead, ‘citizen journalists’ armed with mobile phone cameras and laptops offer their own views. Should this be celebrated? Or does it raise questions about objectivity? Many welcome the demise of the highly centralised world of journalism, but when anyone can be a news reporter, and professional news reporters seem less than critically minded, how do we know what is true? Stefan Aust, Michael Bachelard and Sally Neighbour discuss with Jeff Sparrow.
SALLY NEIGHBOUR (LOCAL) SALLY NEIGHBOUR is an investigative journalist who has been with ABC TV’s Four Corners for over a decade. She also writes for The Australian, specialising in terrorism and Islamic extremism. Sally has won three Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism. Her first book, In the Shadow of Swords, won the 2005 NSW History Prize. Her latest book is The Mother of Mohammed: An Australian Woman's Extraordinary Journey into Jihad.
MICHAEL BACHELARD (INTERSTATE) MICHAEL BACHELARD is an Australian journalist and author. Formerly part of The Age’s investigative team, he now writes for The Sunday Age. In 2008 he won a Quill award for best news report in print. His most recent book is Behind The Exclusive Brethren.
STEFAN AUST (INTERNATIONAL) STEFAN AUST was the editor of Der Spiegel from 1994 to 2008. He worked with Ulrike Meinhof on the left-wing publication Konkret in the late Sixties. The film, The Baader Meinhof Complex, is based on his book. Released in the UK last November, the film is produced by Bernd Eichinger (Downfall) and stars cast members from the Academy Award-winning The Lives of Others.
Stefan Aust’s participation in SWF is supported by the Goethe-Institut Sydney.
JEFF SPARROW (INTERSTATE) JEFF SPARROW is the editor of Overland, the co-author of Radical Melbourne: A Secret History and Radical Melbourne 2: The Enemy Within, and the author of Communism: A Love Story and the forthcoming Killing.
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