This online survey of 351 media industry employees from across all media sectors provides a snapshot of educational qualifications, voluntary/work experience history and other factors which assisted media industry employees to make the transition to paid employment. The survey reveals that community media contributes substantially to the media industries, providing training and networks which lead...

Murdoch's Australian papers covered the election with an eye to the likely post-poll climate, writes Rodney Tiffen.

The Media Report speaks with social commentator and blogger Manan Ahmed about the crackdown on the media in Pakistan. Manan Ahmed is a well-known blogger who covers developments right across the sub-continent. His blog is called Chapati Mystery and he warns that the media crackdown is far from over. In fact, he says, it's now...

Free speech and media freedom in Australia are being eroded by legal restrictions and a secretive culture among public officials, according to this audit by the former NSW Ombudsman. Commissioned by a coalition of major media groups, the audit says there are 500 pieces of legislation and at least 1000 court suppression orders in force...

Coping with change will require flexibility from both the media and regulators and that change will only continue to accelerate, argues the ACCC chair. But the legacy of that change is that technology and the growing swell of community input is placing the future of the industry in the hands of the public.