Lobbying for Coal Seam Gas Drilling

Mon, 13 February 2012 10:07:38 +1000

In a two part series in New Matilda, Calliste Weintenberg has discovered that there are serious questions about the clarity and currency of information on the state’s lobbyist registers. For the stories see

A sceptical climate – media coverage of climate change in Australia

Wed, 30 November 2011 23:30:55 +1000

International links

Wed, 30 November 2011 13:34:24 +1000

Press & Publication, China

The Australian Centre for Independent Journalism regularly hosts public forums by visiting international journalists. These forums are free and open to the public. Over the years, we have had journalists from England and America and...

ACIJ newsletters

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:22:42 +1000

2012

March: Finkelstein Media Inquiry - Who will guard the guardians?
NewsStand is a new community organisation which is supporting high standards of journalism and a more diverse media marketplace. Former ACIJ Director, Wendy Bacon is a board member of NewsStand.

Death in custody series in Crikey - ACIJ Associate & freelancer Inga Ting

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:13:01 +1000

A special investigation by ACIJ Associate Inga Ting examines the NSW prison system's appalling record of deaths in custody. Twenty years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody delivered its final report, deaths in custody have risen and inmates are still dying as a result of...

Journalist reveals desperate bid to save detainee's life

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:11:49 +1000

Ahmed Al Akabi hung himself in Villawood Detention Centre on 15th November last year, depressed and sleepless after his two applications for asylum were rejected.

Published on ABC News Online, UTS Journalist Alex Vaughan reveals that Mr Akabi's fellow detainees made a desperate attempt...

Pure water, organic water, plastic water? What it means and what it costs us.

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:10:25 +1000

Results of the global environmental journalism project carried out by hundreds of students across Australia, Europe and Hong Kong into bottled water is now available. See Pureplastiky.com and the first of three stories, published on SMH, '

'Africa to Australia' wins FWA award and an AIMIA award

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:08:43 +1000

Africa to Australia, a web documentary, made by ACIJ Honorary Associate, John Connell with Paola Morabito and others, has won both a Who Benefits from our Foreign Aid?

The series began with Bernard Keane's piece about the aid industry, Wendy Bacon and Flint Duxfield followed with a three part series...

Special investigation: Spinning the Media

Wed, 16 November 2011 16:02:28 +1000

Follow the reports as ACIJ explores the relationship between PR and journalism at crikey.com.au.

Any tips or comments, email to acijmanager@uts.edu.au.

Supporting Wikileaks

Wed, 16 November 2011 15:59:28 +1000

The ACIJ is supporting Wikileaks through the GetUp campaign and signed the letter to Australian PM Julia Gillard initiated by Global Climate: Local Journalisms has now been published.

This nineteen country study, edited by Elisabeth Eide (University of Bergen, Norway) and Risto Kunelius (University of Tampere, Finland) examines...

Independent journalist, Cathy Carey

Wed, 16 November 2011 15:54:11 +1000

The ACIJ is saddened to learn of the death this year of award winning Australian journalist and researcher Cathy Carey. Cathy was a highly respected independent journalist who won several awards for her human rights reporting while she was working at SBS. The ACIJ was proud to provide...

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