Mass media
Report
Re-shaping cultural policies: advancing creativity for development 2015
For the first time at the global level, the recently adopted United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030 acknowledges the key role of culture, creativity and cultural diversity to solving sustainable development challenges.
Report
Public confidence in the New South Wales Criminal Justice System: 2014 update
This paper finds that public confidence in the NSW Criminal Justice System has improved since 2007, but pervasive misperceptions around crime trends and justice outcomes seemingly continue to undermine confidence. Abstract Aim: To assess (1) the level of public confidence in the New South Wales (NSW) criminal justice system (CJS) in 2014, (2) the relationship...
Interview
Foreign correspondents
In the age of fast news, few resources and global technology, are foreign correspondents becoming redundant – or are they a vital investment in properly bearing witness? Three esteemed former foreign correspondents reveal experiences from the front, sharing on-the-job tales, stories of the long-term effects of the role, and a look at how it’s evolved...
Report
2013 Women in media report
The following report details the key findings from an analysis of Australian daily metropolitan newspapers published during the period 5 May to 11 May 2013.
Report
Telling it straight: how trustworthy government information promotes better media
This report argues that much of the millions of dollars in international aid that the U.S. government spends annually to build the capacities of journalists around the world can be wasted unless the capacities of government officials to communicate openly are also improved.