Doubt this will be the case - I’d imagine that it will be one of the earlier papers printed
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Lucky to even be alive at the minute
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Agree with this. If I’m buying the paper on Saturday morning I would logically expect to see a report from the game from the night before
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The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age appoint book critics
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have selected Jessie Tu and Declan Fry to join their ranks of freelance book reviewers, as part of an emerging critics project with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and Judith Neilson Institute.
The critics will regularly review new Australian fiction and non-fiction.
Jessie Tu, who lives in Sydney, is books editor and journalist for the Women’s Agenda news site. A prize-winning poet, she recently published her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing (Allen & Unwin). Jessie studied music and law and trained as a violinist before turning to full-time writing. She has been published in the LA Review of Books and The Guardian.
Declan Fry received First Class Honours in English and Cultural Studies/Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia and also has a Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Melbourne. He is from Kalgoorlie in Wongatha country, Western Australia, and is a descendant of the Yorta Yorta. Now based in Naarm (Melbourne), Fry’s critical writing and essays have been published in Meanjin, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Overland.
The appointments are part of a wider expansion of the newspapers’ culture coverage. The critics were chosen following a rigorous selection and interview process by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald books editor, Jason Steger, T he Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum Editor, Shona Martyn, and award-winning authors Melissa Lucaschenko and Maxine Beneba Clarke.
There were nearly 40 applicants for these positions, which were readvertised following the resignation in July of Jack Callil and Bec Kavanagh who objected to the lack of diversity among the chosen critics.
“We reviewed our recruitment process and made a concerted effort to get the call for applicants out to a broader audience, which resulted in a very strong and diverse field of candidates,” said The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age Life Editor, Monique Farmer.
“We are pleased to welcome Jessie and Declan to our mastheads and look forward to sharing their critical writing with our readers.”
Fry said: “Very excited about the appointment – we live in a continent with a rich tradition of story. Many of these are still being told, and deserve to be widely heard. It’s always an act of love to see words put to paper and shared with the world. Particularly during a time when many of us cannot see each other – and hope to be together with our families and communities – and it’s that kind of love which can help us to feel less alone.
“This appointment would mean nothing without those who have paved the way, our ancestors, Elders, family, mentors, and teachers. They are the original critics and we owe them so much. I can’t wait to get started.”
Tu said: “This country’s literary landscape is overwhelmingly white. The publishers are mostly white, the writers mostly white. This means that only a very particular and narrow cohort of society are getting to curate the shape of our national identity.
“It’s time we begin to face up to the ways in which we perpetuate unconscious bias and racism through the stories we consume. The role of the critic is vital to a nation’s sense of self and its unique lens. We need more lacerating, impenitent perspectives on our homogeneous literary environment, and I hope to precipitate critical cultural and political discussions with my writing.”
A scare for The Age photographer Eddie Jim this morning.
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Domain has dismissed a junior lifestyle reporter after an investigation revealed she was fabricating quotes in articles that appeared on the real estate listing website.
Kate Bartels, who joined Domain in April 2019, wrote two articles that quoted Melbourne-based clinical psychologist, Dr Sarah Barker. However, Dr Barker was not interviewed for the articles and the quotes were not provided by her.
Domain has since publicly apologised for the two articles, but an investigation has discovered there have been multiple other incidents of fabricated quotes or interviews written by the reporter. Hundreds of articles written by Bartels have been taken down from the Domain website until the investigation is complete.
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AFR reported Birtles and Smith spent five days in Australian diplomatic missions after state security officers visited their homes after midnight on Wednesday last week, and questioned them over CGTN finance anchor Cheng Lei, who was detained in August.
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Statement on Michael Smith
“We are glad Mike Smith, our correspondent who has been based in Shanghai for two and a half years, along with ABC reporter Bill Birtles, have made a safe return to Australian this morning. This incident targeting two journalists, who were going about their normal reporting duties, is both regrettable and disturbing and is not in the interests of a co-operative relationship between Australia and China,” said the Financial Review’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury and editor Paul Bailey.
“Thank you to the Department of Foreign Affair and Trade as well as the local Consular officials who assisted in his safe return.”
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Gay Alcorn appointed editor of The Age
The Age has today announced the appointment of Gay Alcorn as editor.
Alcorn returns to The Age where she worked for 20 years across the newsroom before joining the Guardian as its Melbourne editor.
Alcorn replaces acting editor Michelle Griffin who will return to the role of World Editor once the transition is complete. Alcorn is the first woman to be appointed Age editor.
James Chessell, Group Executive Editor of Australian Metro Publishing, said Alcorn’s editorial leadership, drive and independence of thought will help strengthen a masthead that has experienced strong subscriber growth and record audiences this year.
“Gay is an insightful journalist with a strong sense of what is important for all Victorians,” he said. “She is steeped in The Age’s proud history of agenda-setting, independent journalism and will be a strong leader of the newsroom in Melbourne.
“Gay is an editor of substance who will inspire and lead a team of the most talented journalists in the country who have performed so admirably this year under immense pressure. I’m so delighted Gay has agreed to come home.”
A three-times Walkley Award winner for news and feature writing, Alcorn was The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald’s Washington correspondent from 1999 to 2002, covering the 2000 presidential election and the September 11 terrorist attacks. She was The Age’s deputy editor from 2006 to 2008 and editor of The Sunday Age for more than four years until late 2012. She won a Quill award for commentary in 2018.
“Returning to lead The Age is a privilege, particularly in these times of extraordinary change and challenge,” Alcorn said.
“There is pain and worry in Victoria now, and big challenges ahead. My aim is that The Age continues to be the Victorian masthead of choice for trusted, fair and brave journalism. In a polarised media era, these values are as crucial as ever.
“The Age, as it has been throughout its more than 165-year history, is part of our community. I want our readers to feel they have a stake in the The Age, whether they always agree with what’s published or not.
“The Age consistently produces excellent journalism, whether investigative stories with consequence, coverage of a city that revels in ideas and debate like no other, independent sports, business and cultural coverage and vital reporting about national and international issues. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to make a contribution.”
Alcorn will take up her new position on September 28. The Age is Melbourne’s most read masthead with more than 5.026 million readers in digital and print according to the most recent EMMA figures*.
*Source: emma conducted by Ipsos MediaCT; People 14+ for the 12 months ending June 2020, Nielsen Content Ratings; Monthly Tagged, June 2020; People 14+
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Got a lot of work to do to increase circulation of The Age.
the herald sun is only 2.9 million in melbourne.
Circulation? I don’t think so.
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what i said is from the herald sun it self.
The figures from emma — Enhanced Media Metrics Australia — show the total print and digital audience of the Herald Sun, Sunday Herald Sun and heraldsun.com.au is the biggest in Victoria at 2.9 million readers
That’s not what I commented about. I am talking about The Age’s low print circulation. Online views have a different term.
yes but what i am meaning is that the age is outdoing the herald sun
That’s not circulation, that’s combined readership. Different measures.
Circulation is number of copies sold.
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so it now means that the herald sun isnt the most popular paper it once was . circulation wise the herald sun out does the age . but that doesnt matter if its not the most read paper as the age is