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A sad day for Australian media

Today we learn ( from Crikey.com  http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/29/smh-business-scribes-join-flight-from-fairfax/ )  of the departure of  a number of Australia’s top investigative journalists.  They include The Sydney Morning Herald’s  Ian Verrender, Elisabeth Sexton and Scott Rochfort . Other Fairfax journalists leaving –  Debra Jopson,  David Marr,  Adele Horin , Andrew Stevenson and SMH science editor Deborah Smith .

From the Murdochracy departs  science writer, Leigh Dayton  – one of my favourites –  she made science interesting and often amusing, and had the guts to write critically about ARPANSA – Australia’s radiation protection authority.

Just when we need good investigative journalism in teh mainstream media – Australia is losing these senior writers.  Will their young replacements be able to withstand corporate and government pressures, or will they take the easy way out of just regurgitating press releases?

September 1, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews