Increasing quality won’t save journalism

People will pay more for quality, right? Not always. Take journalism for example.

One paper towns?

Newspaper companies around the globe are facing revenue shortfalls as readers and advertising dollars migrate to the internet. How will Australia’s newspapers fare in the future? Chris McNamara peers into the crystal ball and talks to the soothsayers to get a better view of the future of news in Australia.

Rob Burgess – Working Journalist profile

Rob Burgess has worked as a journalism practitioner on three continents and as a journalism lecturer at La Trobe University His former student Claire Delahunty spoke to Rob near the Business Spectator office.

Claire Delahunty

Claire Delahunty is currently employed as a journalist at the online finance magazine Business Spectator. She works there full time while completing her honours thesis on rural newspapers part time. Claire’s work experience includes stints at the Ballarat Courier and the La Trobe Times (an online newspaper for international students). In 2008 Claire was the [...]

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upstart is a project of La Trobe's Journalism, Media Studies and Cinema Studies programs. The site showcases the writing of emerging journalists, while providing a platform for new adventures in journalism.

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