Australians who fight for Israel are free to enter the country with almost no scrutiny after possibly committing war crimes, but the women who married ISIS members and travelled to Syria face arrest once the plane touches down. We asked experts why.
The government is proposing a new levy on tech giants like Google and Facebook to help fund Australian journalism. We need it to support independent media, too.
In this episode Jan and Antoinette respond directly to feedback from the Etterati. We answer questions about the language used to describe certain “regimes,” balance in journalism, why we talk about Gaza and whether we laugh too much about dark subject matters. Plus: what happens when journalists we’ve scrutinised
In this episode Jan and Antoinette respond directly to feedback from the Etterati. We answer questions about the language used to describe certain “regimes,” balance in journalism, why we talk about Gaza and whether we laugh too much about dark subject matters. Plus: what happens when journalists we’ve scrutinised
This week, Jan Fran examines the Albanese government’s attempt to sell its federal budget like a brand campaign — inviting influencers to pitch for access to the budget lock-up alongside journalists. It’s also an exploration of the line between “newsfluencers” and journalists, and what that means for political media
In this special episode of We Used To Be Journos, Antoinette unpacks her new book Women Who Win through the lens of media literacy, power and representation. Yes, they get into Antoinette’s own headline-making battle — but this episode goes far beyond one story. Drawing on interviews with 30 women,
By Antoinette Lattouf In the hours after the Prime Minister declared Grace Tame was ‘difficult’ during an on-stage word association game with a Herald Sun journalist, Anthony Albanese unconvincingly tries to qualify his controversial comment. In a message exchange seen by Ette Media, a member of the public sent a
Here’s some context about NSW police’s history of brutal force.
Ette Media can also reveal it wasn’t just Albanese’s number - other private details about the PM are still online.
The personal mobile phone number of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - along with the numbers of several high-profile Australians in media and business - has been published on a publicly accessible third-party website, in what appears to be a widespread privacy breach.
From charges against an ICC judge dropped, to BBC journos suing their employer to Murdoch's grubby fingers all over Iran.
The Nine papers made some very - VERY- alarming predictions three years ago that by now we’d be at war with China. So far, so wrong.
Opinions published within 24 to 48 hours of a global calamity tend to establish a certain narrative and set the tone for the type of conversation to come and boy does that conversation seem ... bad.
Melbourne University Publishing says shutting one of Australia’s longest-running literary outlets was a “purely financial” decision. But the story (and numbers) don’t add up. We can reveal an offer of a cash injection is on the table. So what's the real reason for its closure?
A concerning video of WA Police, the arrest of an American journalist in Kuwait, and repaid wage theft by Sydney University.
A sweeping data investigation reveals what appears to be a sustained, coordinated media offensive by News Corp's The Australian targeting Palestinian-Egyptian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
From federal government 'genocide grants' to an acclaimed actress considering legal action against WA police to a cheeky stunt that highlights a dark reality for supermarket goers.
By Antoinette Lattouf In the hours after the Prime Minister declared Grace Tame was ‘difficult’ during an on-stage word association game with a Herald Sun journalist, Anthony Albanese unconvincingly tries to qualify his controversial comment. In a message exchange seen by Ette Media, a member of the public sent a
The government is proposing a new levy on tech giants like Google and Facebook to help fund Australian journalism. We need it to support independent media, too.
Ethan Floyd, a 22-year-old Australian student and artist, is one of 17 Australians who have set sail with the Global Sumud Flotilla in the latest attempt to break Israel’s illegal blockade in Gaza.
When an 'unexpected' victim is killed — a white person, for example — what usually follows is an outpouring of grief and media coverage. Otten the two go hand in hand. When a black and/or brown people is killed, the reaction often differs.
Social media gave me language I didn’t have. It gave me peers who shared similar paths. It also gave me a place to say, “This is who I am and what I need,” at a time when saying that offline felt loaded with risk.
This month we're spotlighting a buoyant, intimate memoir that seamlessly fuses history and biography and a disarmingly sincere novel that may best be understood backwards.
This month we're spotlighting a tender, cathartic tale and a read that couldn't be further from that
Ette’s resident book worm (no, not me) weighs in with her fave fiction read and I keep it in the family (literally) with this month’s non-fiction recommendation.
Adelaide Writers’ Week may have been canceled but that doesn’t mean you can’t hear from the authors.
We have two double passes to give away: one for Brisbane and one for Melbourne.
Feast on this roster: comedians, actors, rappers, presenters, plus a couple of independent senators wandering in to join your favourite Ettes.
