Fourth Estate

Every week, we discuss how the media has covered the news and analyse issues affecting the industry - with some of the biggest names in journalism in Australia and around the world. Broadcast live on Sydney's 2SER 107.3FM, with the financial assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

News
1
Australian Media Still Has A Diversity Problem
39 min
2
US Midterms and a Musk Owned Twitter
29 min
3
The End of Twitter As We Know It
34 min
4
Paddy Manning on The Successor
48 min
5
Holding Institutions to Account in a Climate C...
30 min
6
Media and Misogyny- Gillard’s Speech 10 Years On
42 min
7
Data Hacks and Cyber Attacks
30 min
8
The Rise of Hyperlocal Journalism
33 min
9
Media and the Monarchy
37 min
10
Get Your Mojo Back with Smartphone Journalism
35 min
11
Crikey vs Lachlan Murdoch
34 min
12
News In My Language
35 min
13
Partying Politicians- Seeing Double or Double S...
38 min
14
TV Echo Chambers and Political Polarization
34 min
15
The One Person TV Crew
36 min
16
Facebook Pivots Away From News In US
31 min
17
Blak Bias: Media Reckonings and Media Apologies...
34 min
18
Blak Bias: Racism and the Conservative Legacy M...
36 min
19
Blak Bias: Native Title and Indigenous Land Own...
40 min
20
Blak Bias: When Does Reporting Race Matter in t...
40 min
21
Blak Bias: Indigenous Media and the Changing Ne...
29 min
22
Blak Bias: More than Media - Indigenous Journal...
28 min
23
Introducing Blak Bias- Trailer
2 min
24
In Conversation with Lynne O'Donnell
38 min
25
National Radio News Turns 25
33 min
26
Fair Go For Freelancers
29 min
27
Data Journalists on Sourcing & Visualising Data
40 min
28
Fighting News Fatigue
30 min
29
Lessons Learned from Rebel Wilson 'Outing'
34 min
30
Reporting on Violence, Let’s Do Better
38 min
31
Beyond Gaffes, Press Packs & Stats: A Post-Elec...
41 min
32
Breaking Through The Political Spin This Election
45 min
33
In Conversation With Antoinette Lattouf
32 min
34
Is Australian Politics Becoming Presidential?
36 min
35
Fact, Fiction & Horse Race Journalism
34 min
36
Vote 1 for Election Podcasts
32 min
37
Australia and The Pacific; Strengthening Media ...
33 min
38
Decoding The Federal Budget
35 min
39
Young Journalists Talk Journalism
34 min
40
Two Perspectives on the Russia-Ukraine War
47 min
41
Could We Have Stopped It And Is Putin Finished?
43 min
42
When is Someone’s Past in the Public Interest?
35 min
43
Taking the Polls of the Nation
29 min
44
Changing How We Cover Climate Change
32 min
45
Joe Rogan and the Power of Podcasting
35 min
46
2021 In Review
48 min
47
Is Cultural Criticism Dead?
39 min
48
In Conversation with Fran Kelly
41 min
49
A Top News Editor Transitions: In Conversation ...
33 min
50
In Conversation With Lisa Davies
30 min
51
Keeping Community Newspapers Alive
37 min
52
The Facebook Files
31 min
53
FriendlyJordies, Satire and Social Media Commen...
26 min
54
The New Generation of News
28 min
55
Gaven Morris Job Done?
34 min
56
Going Gaga For Gladys
35 min
57
Social Media - Never Read The Comments!
42 min
58
In Conversation With Lisa Millar
47 min
59
9-11 And The Liberal Media's Dark Legacy
39 min
60
News Corp's Climate Change
38 min
61
In Conversation With Gabrielle Chan
37 min
62
The Death Of Zero Covid And The Unclear Path Ahead
38 min
63
Four Corners turns 60
43 min
64
IPCC Report And The Media's Report Card
30 min
65
No Youtube for you!
36 min
66
Jones And Sky News Serve Up Dangerous Garbage
30 min
67
2GB Stumbles And Vale Jonathan Coleman
43 min
68
Andrew Dodd On Upheaval - Disrupted Lives In Jo...
29 min
69
Cathy Wilcox and First Dog on the Moon
38 min
70
Osaka, Goodes And Sports Media
46 min
71
In Conversation With Laura Tingle
46 min
72
Christian Porter And The ABC Claim Victory.
34 min
73
In Conversation With Geoffrey Robertson
35 min
74
Can The Media Do Better On Palestine?
39 min
75
Is The Media Beating The Drums Of War?
36 min
76
In Conversation with Phil Williams
62 min
77
In Conversation With Caro Meldrum-Hanna
47 min
78
The Crusade Of Women Journos
39 min
79
In Conversation with Andrew Jaspan
56 min
80
A Reckoning?
45 min
81
IWD - Fixing the Joint
46 min
82
Women's Lives Through The Canberra Bubble
33 min
83
The Media's Representation of Brittany Higgins
32 min
84
Facebook Becomes a News Desert
32 min
85
Fake News and the Next Generation of Journalists
41 min
86
Will Google Pull Out of Australia?
28 min
87
Is Twitter a Toxic Place for Journalists?
35 min
88
In Conversation with Dominic Knight
43 min
89
In Conversation with Geraldine Doogue
43 min
90
The Year in Media Transition
63 min
91
Black Stories Matter: From Media Silence To Med...
30 min
92
Anne Summers Unpacks The Biden Administration
36 min
93
In Conversation with Todd Heisler
45 min
94
Black Stories Matter: Aboriginal self-determina...
30 min
95
Reporting On Covid-19 From Trump To Dan Andrews
35 min
96
American Democracy Interrupted
40 min
97
Ben Smith On How The Media Got Trumped
24 min
98
Andrew Fowler on Assange
44 min
99
Australia and China - Silence is Compliance
40 min
100
The Christchurch Terrorist And Our Media's Dere...
36 min