The Communicator’s Guide to Media Law and Ethics – A Handbook for Australian Professionals
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By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My latest book has been published, covering both media law and ethics for communication students and practitioners.  The Communicator’s Guide to Media Law and Ethics – A Handbook for Australian Professionals (Routledge, London and NY, 2023) offers an introduction to the key legal and ethical topics confronting Australian journalists and strategic communicators both at home and internationally and offers a suite of reflective techniques for navigating them. It starts by positioning morals, ethics, and the law in their historical and philosophical frameworks ..read more
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Former ombudsman offers insights into defamation #MLGriff
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11M ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw A former ombudsman who sued a major newspaper for defamation offers his insights into the experience in Episode #009 of our occasional Griffith University SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream. Griffith University Media Law students Emily Soccol and Anna Swann interview Professor John McMillan AO about his successful defamation action against the Canberra Times in 2016. Mr McMillan has held positions of Commonwealth Ombudsman, Integrity Commissioner for the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Australian Information Commissio ..read more
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New public interest defamation defence the subject of chapter in investigative journalism book #MLGriff
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1y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw A forthcoming book on changes to investigative journalism across three key liberal democracies features a chapter I have written on the new Australian public interest defence to defamation. Investigative Journalism in Changing Times – Australian and Anglo-American Reporting, is edited by University of Southern Queensland lecturer Dr Caryn Coatney, who has written five of the 12 chapters. The book offers new insights into the crucial role of investigative journalism at a pivotal time of technological changes and upheavals. It surveys innovations and unexpected i ..read more
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Retired magistrate offers advice to court reporters #MLGriff
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1y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Decades of experience as a magistrate and lawyer inform the advice offered to court reporters in Episode #008 of our occasional Griffith University SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream. Retired magistrate Antoine Bloemen. Photo: Anne Bloemen. Griffith University Media Law student Elizabeth Heseltine interviews retired Western Australian magistrate Antoine Bloemen about the traps faced by novice court reporters, with some fascinating examples. He draws upon his 40 years of expertise as a legal professional to share his insights into courtroom etiquett ..read more
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Podcast offers rare inside view of FOI process
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Episode #007 of our occasional Griffith University SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream – looks at Freedom of Information processes from a different perspective – that of a lawyer managing the Commonwealth Government’s FOI approvals and exemptions. Griffith University Media Law student Mia Durnan interviews Senior Lawyer Rodney Durnan about Freedom of Information laws (FOI); covering basic topics like ‘what is FOI?’, the process of an application, some of the exemptions that can apply and how the FOI laws interact with privacy laws from a practical p ..read more
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Our SMALL podcast guest: Whistleblower expert Professor AJ Brown
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw In episode #006 of our occasional SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream – I speak with academic whistleblowing expert Professor A J Brown. Professor Brown is leader of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy’s public integrity and anti-corruption research program in Griffith University’s School of Government and International Relations. He is on the global board of the world anti-corruption organisation Transparency International and a leading expert on public interest whistleblowing. He talks about the legal framework for whistleblowers and the i ..read more
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Latest SMALL podcast gets Amy Remeikis’ take on social media law
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Episode #005 of our occasional SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream – features Guardian Australia political reporter Amy Remeikis talking media law with tutor Susan Grantham. From court and police rounds, to reporting on Australian federal politicians, Amy (pictured below) discusses how she navigates legal risks while reporting in a wired world. This latest episode [22:11 mins] – published on The Source News – canvasses Amy’s views on recent defamation cases including the High Court judgment against media outlets’ hosted social media comments in the ..read more
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‘Global Justice, Factual Reporting and Advocacy Journalism’: my chapter in global ethics handbook
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw The long awaited Handbook of Global Media Ethics, edited by the internationally lauded Professor Stephen Ward, has now been published and includes my chapter on global justice, factual reporting and advocacy journalism. It sits among 71 chapters by media ethics experts including Australia’s own Susan Forde, Kristy Hess and Ian Richards, Cait McMahon and Matthew Ricketson,  Johan Lidberg, Beate Josephi and Jahnnabi Das, Kerry McCallum and Lisa Waller, Andrew Fowler and Catriona Bonfiglioli. My chapter argues global justice can be a legitimate ethical o ..read more
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Latest SMALL podcast looks at Israel Folau matter
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Episode #004 of our occasional SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream – is now available for listening. This latest episode [15:00 mins] – published on The Source News – is hosted by Griffith University Media Law student Brandon McMahon. Brandon talks with Attwood Marshall lawyer Laura Dolan about the discrimination, religious freedom, unfair dismissal and contract dimensions of the case involving former Test rugby union player Israel Folau and his social media posts. [SMALL #004]. Enjoy! If you are a communication professional wanting to study in this ..read more
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Two more SMALL podcasts on our Social Media And Law Livestream
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2y ago
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Episodes #002 and #003 of our occasional SMALL podcast – Social Media and Law Livestream – are now available for listening. These episodes – published on The Source News – are hosted by Media Law students Amy Sauvarin and Camille Chorley. In Episode #002 [16:37 mins], Amy chats with veteran journalist and author Uli Schmetzer about freedom of expression and his encounters with censorship over his four decade career as a foreign correspondent. For more information on his books and reportage, see http://www.uli-schmetzer.com/index.html. In Episode #003  [20 ..read more
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