The recent job losses of 30 photographers from Fairfax may come at a cost to the quality of journalism in Australia. In May Fairfax Media cut 80 full-time positions across newsrooms, with Melbourne offices being hit the worst. It’s expected that by the end of the year 35 editorial jobs were likely to be lost,(…)

Media coverage of the MH17 air disaster has been many things but above all it has been extensive. The public’s thirst for information has been insatiable and journalists from a variety of media have been quick  to provide stories as they unfold. News coverage has raised some ethical issues.  The newspaper which ran with pictures(…)

For a while now there has been an endless stream of big news stories breaking around the world, with some stories taking centre stage, making a point or illuminating some issue or event before finally fading away, eclipsed by the next new news story. However, and as we have seen most recently with turmoil in(…)

Have you heard of this term? Well it’s been hidden under our noses for the past five or six years. The term is well-known for its physiological implementation. Gamification is the use of gaming concepts and mechanics in non-gaming environments. For instance, when you’re going for a long walk, you may not have motivation. Whereas(…)

With cases such as Lindsey Lohan suing Rockstar Games, there has never been such a serious defamatory case until now. An ex-dictator is suing Activison over a Call of Duty game. Former Panama dictator Manuel Noriega has been portrayed as a kidnapper, murderer and enemy of the state in the best-selling video game: Call of(…)

Before stepping foot into the Queensland Times’ Ipswich office for the first time, there was only one thing I knew about editor Stuart Sherwin: he, like me, was an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan. With that solid building block in place, I sat down with the UK-native for a chat about his career to-date and, more(…)