ShutterstockCOVID-19 has affected our relationship with technology in many ways, from the pleasures of mass online choirs to the perils of the endless Zoom meetings rendering us “zoombies”.Connectivity is so hard-

‘Suck it and see’ or face a digital tax, former ACCC boss Allan Fels warns Google and Facebook

Aug 26th, 2020 30m 4s

Have you used Google lately and been greeted by a yellow warning saying that the way Australians search on Google is under threat? To understand why these messages are appearing, Media Files interviewed former chair of the Australian Competi

Media Files: Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don’t want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?

Nov 11th, 2019 35m 13s

Big Tech companies have built a better trap for profiting from consumers' attention than the traditional media can offer. ShutterstockMedia companies around the world are in an existential funk. The tech giants - Facebook, Google, Apple and Am

Media Files: investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer, who led the Panama Papers tax exposé

Sep 19th, 2019 44m 2s

The Panama Papers was the biggest-ever collaboration for investigative journalism, involving 400 journalists in 80 countries who collectively produced 6,000 stories in 100 different media outlets. ShutterstockToday on Media Files, a podcast on

Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required

Aug 6th, 2019 30m 3s

AAP/EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTEIn a landmark report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has urged the federal government to fix the uneven market power of digital companies like Facebook and Google tha

Media Files: Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth

Jul 4th, 2019 21m 55s

The world's weather is changing and the media needs to keep up. Flickr/Shannon Dizmang, CC BYWhen he founded the blog CapitalWeather.com 15 years ago in Washington DC, Jason Samenow was working for the US government as a climate change analyst.

Media Files: Australians’ trust in news media is falling as concern over ‘fake news’ grows

Jun 20th, 2019 25m 44s

The report found that Australian news consumers access news less often and have lower interest in it compared to citizens in many other countries. ShutterstockOn today’s episode, we hear from Caroline Fisher, an assistant professor of journalis

Media Files: Investigative reporter Louise Milligan on Cardinal Pell and redactions in the Royal Commission’s report

Jun 4th, 2019 30m 10s

David Crosling/AAPCardinal George Pell’s appeal against child sexual assault convictions kicks off this week, but when that’s over Pell still has another reckoning to face: the unredacted findings of Royal Commissio

Media Files: Facebook’s Mia Garlick on #Ausvotes2019 and how Australian MPs use social media

May 13th, 2019 24m 29s

Facebook's Mia Garlick says, 'we're frequently seeing politicians use the Facebook Live tool to augment a press conference or to directly speak to voters about the issues of importance of the day.' AAP/MICK TSIKASAs we enter the final straight

Media Files: Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers

Apr 23rd, 2019 22m 41s

Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission, says that the commission 'didn't go anywhere near far enough.' KYM SMITH/AAPToday on Media Files, it’s journalism versus the big

PODCAST: Pell trial reporters, a judge and a media lawyer on why the suppression order debate is far from over

Mar 21st, 2019 43m 39s

Today on Media Files we look at the suppression order that prevented the Australian media reporting the Pell case - and why rushing to judge-only criminal trials may be a mistake. AAP/PAUL TYQUINWhen Judge Peter Kidd sentenced Cardinal George

Media Files: Covering Trump, funding news and the rise of impunity. The Guardian’s Kath Viner on the big media stories of 2018

Dec 6th, 2018 32m 1s

Perhaps readers want less on what Trump is saying and more on what his administration is doing. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / POOL/EPAToday we’re taking a look back at some of the biggest issues of 2018 with special guest Kath Viner, editor-in-chief of

Media Files: What does the future newsroom look like?

Nov 1st, 2018 28m 35s

Alan Soon of Splice Media is promising a million dollars to give to start-ups to transform media in Asia. ShutterstockToday on Media Files, a podcast about the major themes and issues in the media, we’re looking at the future newsroom. We oft

Media Files: Guardian Australia’s Katharine Murphy and former MP David Feeney on the digital disruption of media and politics

Oct 10th, 2018 45m 30s

The advent of the internet has changed how politics and the media influence each other - and not always in a good way. AAP Image/Lukas CochToday on Media Files, a podcast about the major issues in the media, we’re taking a close look at the rol

Media Files: ABC boss Michelle Guthrie sacked, but the board won’t say why

Sep 24th, 2018 20m 30s

Former ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie looking toward a different future earlier this year at the ABC's first Annual Public Meeting. JOEL CARRETT/AAPThe major question following the sacking of ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie is w

Media Files: On the Serena Williams cartoon – and how the UK phone hacking scandal led to a media crackdown in South Africa

Sep 19th, 2018 33m 27s

Serena Williams and Brian Earley at the US Open Grand Slam, 2018. AAP/Daniel Murphy Mark Knight’s cartoon in The Herald Sun has become a global topic of condemnation and debate because of its negative portrayal of American tennis player Serena

Media Files: Spotlight’s Walter V. Robinson and the Newcastle Herald’s Chad Watson on covering clergy abuse - and the threats that followed

Sep 5th, 2018 32m 33s

Walter V. Robinson, the US investigative journalist who was portrayed by Michael Keaton in the film Spotlight, talks to Media Files about his team’s investigation into child abuse in the Catholic Church. EPA/ETTORE FERRARI/AAPIf you’ve seen th

Media Files: What does the Nine Fairfax merger mean for diversity and quality journalism?

Aug 31st, 2018 30m 7s

A merger between Nine and Fairfax was announced in July this year. AAP Image/Dean LewinsYou don’t need to be a journalist or a news junkie to be affected by the media. Its enormous influence in shaping our culture, politics and society means w

Media Files: a new podcast from The Conversation

Aug 24th, 2018 1m 49s

idea No matter what we read, watch or listen to, we’re all affected by the media and how it works. It shapes our culture, drives policy and politics, and is an essential part of a functioning democracy. But how is the media in Australia changin

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