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London: Bodley Head, 2019. U.K. ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, minor edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 534 pp. Jill Abramson, a former editor of The New York Times, provides a gripping and definitive personal account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped… Read more about this item

Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018. Paperback octavo, very good condition, covers & edges slightly marked, minor edgewear, autograph (written dedication title page). 244 pp. Andrew Fowler is an award-winning investigative journalist. He provides detailed research and analysis, as well as interviews with leading figures in political dissent, including Edward Snowden. He explains how mass surveillance and anti-terror laws in the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Scribner, 2021. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, front cover & bottom corner tips few pages little creased, minor edgewear. 311 pp. Damien Cave brought his young family from New York to Sydney, to establish the Australian Bureau for the 'New York Times'. This book is about how Australians learn to live… Read more about this item

Sydney: ABC Books, 2014. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, minor edgewear. 292 pp. Zoe Daniel is the ABC-TVs 15th South East Asia Correspondent, and one of only a handful of women to combine one of the most dangerous jobs in the world with one of the most demanding - motherhood. (She recently became a 'teal… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Miegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2006. New or 2nd ed.. Paperback large trade, very good plus condition, frontispiece photo, minor edgewear. 370 pp. (This copy: Paperback.) Sylvia Lawson records a different kind of radical but expressive and entertaining journalism. This is the story of young J. F. Archibald's founding and editing 'The Bulletin' newsmagazine, and his… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1961. Hardback dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), spine faded jacket as common (some edge tears, spine ends chipped), few black & white photos, top edge little foxed, front endpapers lightly toned, minor edgewear, old price marks, owner's written name & date, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 259 pp. Autobiography of Claude McKay,… Read more about this item

Uralla, NSW: Idriess Enterprises, 2008. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, as new condition (in as new dustjacket), minimal edgewear jacket. 208 pp. This is a collection of the contributions of Ion Idriess to The Bulletin, the weekly magazine that was first published in 1880 and became an Australian institution of the 20th century. Most were written under a pen-name (Gouger… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2010. 1st ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. 259 pp. This book looks at the Australian news media treatment of Islam and Muslims. This collection brings together the research and insights of academics, editors and journalists on the representation of Islam and its impact on social relations. Also explores how… Read more about this item

Michigan: University of Michigan Press / University of Michigan Library, 2009. Reprint ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, base spine & top edge little creased, minor edgewear. 213 pp. In 2000, Jim Rossignol was fired from my job as a finance reporter because of an obsession with a video game. So begins this story of personal redemption through… Read more about this item

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2004. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, good condition, black & white photos centre spread, covers & spine & few pages little creased, some edgewear. 374 pp. ABC Four Corners journalist Sally Neighbour examines the rise of radical Islamic groups, in particular Indonesia in the light of the Bali bombings.

Melbourne: Scribe Publications, 2012. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, minimal edgewear. 313 pp. Greg Jericho provides the first book to examine social media (particularly Twitter) as a new force in covering Australian politics. Reveals who makes up the Australian political blogosphere, and tackles how journalists and federal politicians use social media and digital news, the motivations of… Read more about this item

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2014. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 330 pp. The authors discuss, in a humorous manner, the many ways that public debate and lack of commonsense in media, politics and society can become frustrating. Bernard Keane is the correspondent and politics editor in Canberra for Crikey, and Helen Razer (also a… Read more about this item

Sydney: HarperCollins Australia, 2014. 1st ed.. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), colour photos, minimal edgewear jacket. 394 pp. An insightful and vigorous look at the decline of the Sydney-based Fairfax Media by the veteran investigative journalist and Walkley Award winner Ben Hills. He also looks at the difficult questions about what… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Nation Books, 2010. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), pages faintly toned, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 334 pp. A leading American media academic and a journalist study the collapse of American newspapers and television newsrooms. The authors explain why it is not all caused by the new digital… Read more about this item

London: New Holland, 2014. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), sepia (brown-tinted) & colour photos, minor edgewear jacket, spine ends little rubbed. 320 pp. This book is the story of an amazing life and influential career. Brenno spent more than 60 years in the radio industry - first as an on-air announcer in Country… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2013. Paperback small trade, very good condition, minor edgewear. 258 pp. In this lively, critique, the author looks at the rise of the audience, and how unprepared the mainstream media has been for this changing balance of power. Using his experiences as a prominent political blogger, he argues that the future of meaningful journalism will… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2013. Paperback small trade, very good condition, small marks fore-edge, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written name title page). 169 pp. The author chronicles her experiences, providing a unique insider's perspective on the rise and slow decline of the printed newspaper. Investigating one of the biggest changes in the Australian media today, provides an account from… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2016. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, good plus condition, black & white photos centre spread, corner tips covers creased, some edgewear corners. 304 pp. Mark Colvin (1952 - 2017) was a broadcasting legend. He was the voice of ABC Radio's leading current affairs program PM. He was a founding broadcaster for the groundbreaking youth station… Read more about this item

Sydney: George H. Dash, 1943. Paperback small, dustjacket (fixed along spine), good condition (in good dustjacket), spinewear (tear repaired & piece removed base spine), some edgewear, bookshop rubber stamp. 127 pp. The author is minister of St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney. These essays were published in the the Sydney Morning Herald, and/or as talks broadcast over over ABC radio.… Read more about this item

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2017. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few black & white text-photos, colour photos, spine minimally creased, minor edgewear. 340 pp. Tracy Spicer states that she was always a good girl as a fashion plate, as required to be the national news anchor at the commercial Ten TV network. That is, until she was sacked by email after… Read more about this item