Who writes a Quarterly Essay? Australia’s complicity in Sudan war + high school reporters sue principal
We Used to be JournosShow Notes
In this episode Antoinette takes a close look at the politics and culture journal Quarterly Essay and finds that it doesn’t quite reflect the "widest range of political, intellectual and cultural opinions."
Also, the years-long “civil war” in Sudan might sound like it has little to do with Australia but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Not that you’d know it from our media.
Plus, the high school reporters taking their principals to court cover freedom of speech and what this tells us about the current news cycle.
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