What do Aussies expect from the news?
REPORT
29 Aug 2018
What do Aussies expect from the news?

In Australia, populist media giant Nine looks set to swallow up its prestigious rival, Fairfax, sparking anxiety about the loss of an institution that has been around for over a century. Now, amid sharp mistrust of the media, what do news consumers Down Under crave in the post-Fairfax world?

Monica Attard

Monica Attard is the head of journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is best-known for hosting some of the ABC's flagship programmes, including PM, The World Today and Media Watch, and being a reporter and foreign correspondent for AM. She has also been a TV and radio reporter for Four Corners and Lateline. She has won five Walkley awards for reporting, including the Gold Walkley, and is a member of the Order of Australia for service to journalism.

Johan Lidberg

Johan Lidberg is the director of the master of journalism course at Monash University in Melbourne. His research areas include freedom of information, access to information and media accountability. In the past, he has held posts at the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation as a reporter, presenter, producer, news editor and foreign correspondent. Lidberg also served two stints in the United Nations Peace Keeping forces: in the United Nations Force in Cyprus, UNFICYP, in 1987 and as a press and information officer with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, in 1992-1993.

David Wilson

David Wilson is an APAC-based travel and tech specialist whose experience in journalism spans two decades. His stories have run everywhere from the South China Morning Post to Slate and The New York Times. In his spare time, he does strength training and hangs out with cats.