I want to talk about the current state of the industry, its impact on the nature and future of journalism craft in this country and the audience for this new book, Australian Journalism Today.īut firstly, let me deal with at least one of many misunderstandings about the ABC that exist at The Australian. Furthermore, I declare that Matthew Ricketson is taller than me.I further declare I have not read nor followed her writings on gardening, as the state of my backyard attests.I declare I have read her writings on the media.I have spoken to Margaret Simons on occasion in the past.
#Leading contributer to unrealistic optimism full#
Now, before making any comments on any of these matters, in the interests of full and open disclosure, I would like to make the following declarations: Secondly, the ABC itself has suffered a further tickle up from Rupert Murdoch's broadsheet, accused of being an epicentre of groupthink.Īnd finally, we are in the midst of unprecedented speculation about the nature of job cuts and restructuring set to descend on both News Limited and Fairfax, our largest and most significant newspaper organisations.
That's not to say I wouldn't have accepted the invitation had I anticipated these things Matthew, but perhaps I would have asked for danger money.įirstly, it appears that virtually every author of a chapter in this book has been attacked in one way or another in recent weeks by The Australian. Since I accepted Matthew Ricketson's kind invitation to launch this book on this date, three things have happened. This is an edited extract of a speech given yesterday by Mark Scott at the book launch of Australian Journalism Today.