Heroes of Journalism
It’s been a bright week for journalism amidst an otherwise bleak landscape.
Money is being pumped back into the industry from various philanthropic sources in Australia to support investigations and inquiry.
Eliza is reading about one of the legends of the job, Seymour Hersh. He broke the story about the horrific My Lai massacre in the Vietnam War, the first of many groundbreaking investigations.
It prompts Eliza and her Mum Geraldine to discuss their heroes and the future of the industry today.
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Crikey’s new investigations team
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/02/11/fairfax-investigative-news-website/
The Neilson Foundation
https://neilsonfoundation.org.au
Commentary on the Neilson Foundation
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/28/philanthropist-judith-neilson-to-fund-a-100m-institute-for-journalism-in-sydney
Lowy Institute
Seymour Hersh - Reporter
https://www.amazon.com/Reporter-Memoir-Seymour-M-Hersh/dp/0307263959
Seymour Hersh – Killing Bin Laden
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n10/seymour-m-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden
Here’s a review in the guardian
One Hundred Years of Dirt – Rick Morton
https://www.mup.com.au/books/one-hundred-years-of-dirt-electronic-book-text
Jonathan Swan - Axios
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html
Laura Tingle – Follow the Leader
https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2018/09/follow-the-leader
Paige Taylor
Chris Masters – The Moonlight State 1987
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/the-moonlight-state---1987/2832198
Fran Kelly – ABC Radio National
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/fran-kelly/2913202
Julia Baird – It’s time for quotas … for mediocre men