Walkleytalks Podcast

When he’s not working as chief photographer for The Sydney Morning Herald, photojournalist Nick Moir moonlights as one of Australia’s leading storm chasers. Gary Cranitch is photographer for Queensland Museum and has decades of experience photographing wildlife around Queensland, with much of his work focused on the Great Barrier Reef. You’re about to hear them in conversation with ABC’s Emma Griffiths about our world, weather, and environment and how they’ve watched these change. A special edition of Walkley Talks — conversations from Storyology, the Walkley Foundation’s 2018 journalism festival. Hosted by the ABC's Emma Griffiths.

Hollywood gets all the press but are we succeeding at leveling the power imbalances in other industries? What does it take to change on such a large scale, and who’s leading the way? Hear from journalists who’ve been covering the movement – or managing their newsrooms’ approach to it – on how it’s evolving, how it is being and should be covered, and where things are going. You'll hear from Catherine Fox (freelance business writer & 2017 Women’s Leadership in Media Award winner),Rachel Hancock (deputy editor, The Courier-Mail), Bri Lee (writer, author & editor) and was moderated by Cathie Schnitzerling (Queensland editor, ABC Regional) This podcast was edited by Kevin Suarez, for The Walkley Foundation, at the 2SER studios in Sydney Australia.

As journalists experiment with new storytelling formats, podcast series have emerged as an engrossing platform for true crime stories.This session delves into what it is about true crime stories that is so compelling. The panel includes Hedley Thomas (The Teacher’s Pet) and Rachael Brown (Trace) in conversation with author and journalist Matthew Condon. A special edition of Walkley Talks — conversations from Storyology, the Walkley Foundation’s 2018 journalism festival. Recorded at the Palace Barracks cinemas in Brisbane on July 28. This podcast was produced by Myles Houlbrook-Walk, for The Walkley Foundation, at the 2SER studios in Sydney Australia. This Storyology Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Bond University.

What is the one book you press into the hands of new acquaintances? The book that you feel will open their eyes to a truth about the world, or explain you to them in a succinct few hundred pages? Nonfiction and fiction alike are under consideration as storytellers talk about the single book that most influenced their lives. You'll hear from Trent Dalton (The Weekend Australian), George Negus (broadcaster), Melissa Lucashenko (writer), Lenore Taylor (Guardian Australia) and the panel was moderated by Adam Suckling (Copyright Agency). This podcast was edited by Kevin Suarez, for The Walkley Foundation, at the 2SER studios in Sydney Australia.

This podcast is about killer stories - literally. Our panel of journalists digs into why true crime stories are so compelling, and why they’re having a huge moment in podcasting. You’ll hear from Nicole Hogan (The Daily Telegraph / Eight Minutes), Mary-Ann Harris (New Idea Investigates) and Allan Clarke (ABC / Unravel True Crime, Blood on the Tracks) moderated by Claire Harvey (Sunday Telegraph). A special edition of Walkley Talks — conversations from Storyology, the Walkley Foundation’s 2018 journalism festival. Recorded at the State Library of NSW on July 26. This podcast was produced by Kevin Suarez, for The Walkley Foundation, at the 2SER studios in Sydney Australia.

To celebrate the launch of Katharine Murphy’s new book, On Disruption, on July 10 we hosted a conversation about journalism today, and how it has been transformed by technological and economic change. Hosted by the Walkley Foundation for Journalism and the Centre for Media Transition, the Guardian Australia political editor shared her experience of how journalists’ work has changed and what that means for audiences, our democracy and the public interest.

This is a recording of a panel from the Walkley Media Talks series, on China in the Media. The speakers you will hear are: Lisa Murray, senior Fairfax journalist and former China correspondent; Wanning Sun, UTS professor of Media and Communication Studies; Philip Ivanov, Asia Society CEO; and Jieh-Yung Lo, a policy adviser and commentator. Having just returned from the Walkley Media Exchange, in partnership with DFAT and the All- China Journalists’ Association, Walkleys multimedia and communications manager Helen Sullivan is the participating moderator.

As the Walkley Arts Awards open for entries in 2018, we’ve drawn together some of Australia’s favourite voices on the arts to talk about why we need critics and writers to help us interpret culture, and what makes great arts writing. From painting to performance, pop culture to classical, the ephemeral and experiential to the stuff hanging in our galleries; art reveals our world to us. But it’s arts writers and critics who help reveal that art to us.

In a rapidly-changing digital world, data is critical to the success of media organisations. But the practice of analytics – drawing insights from that data – has the potential to deliver value in surprising and unexpected ways. In this talk, New York Times Director of Global Analytics James Robinson shows how analytics can be used to help measure success, better understand audiences, and build new relationships with readers. He is joined in-conversation by Peter Fray. This talk was recorded at State Library of New South Wales as part of the Walkley Foundation's Media Talks series.

With the advent of fake news and a US President few journalists saw coming, public trust in the media is at an all-time low. It’s more important than ever that news organisations re-establish trust in what they do, and Guardian Australia editor in chief Lenore Taylor is here to tell us how. In this podcast, Taylor addresses everything from fake news and fact-checking to growing and keeping a loyal – and paying – readership.

Why did news organisations misjudge Trump’s support base? How can they reconnect with communities they haven’t been covering? An expert panel comprised of 7:30 host Leigh Sales, Cartoonist David Rowe, KQED's Tonya Mosley and New York Times Australia bureau chief Damien Cave discusses the rise of Trump, exposing untruths and what there is to learn from the 2016 Presidential election.

Print, television and online organisations (even us here at The Walkley Foundation) have started to dabble in downloadable audio. In this talk, Jess Bineth, audio producer for ABC, Monique Bowley, former director of podcasts at Mamamia, and Alice Workman, host of Buzzfeed’s Is It On? discuss the dos and don’ts of podcasting. Moderated by award-winning audio producer and academic Siobhan McHugh, this is essential listening for anyone wanting to try their hand at podcasting.

In this episode, Google News Lab lead in the Asia Pacific region – and Pulitzer finalist – Irene Jay Liu talks research efficiency and how to get the most out of Google. Investigative journos: This has some incredibly handy hints for internet-trawling.

Walkley-award winning documentary director Ivan O’Mahoney; Gold Walkley-winning Four Corners reporter, Caro Meldrum-Hanna; National Crime reporter for the Australian, Dan Box; and Senior report for Reveal, Aaron Glantz, talk the ins and outs of telling an intriguing and engaging story. Hosted by two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist, Caroline Overington, the panel tackles the issues of convergence and how journalists can make use of multiple platforms.

Michele Fonseca, Head of Community Engagement at the ABC, hosts this panel discussion with investigative journalist for NITV, Allan Clarke, Founder of Media Diversity Australia, Isabel Lo, and senior correspondent for KQED, Tonya Mosley. The panel discuss the importance of reflecting Australia’s multicultural audience in the media and what newsrooms can do to avoid whitewashing.

Storyology 2017’s international keynote speaker, Maria Ressa, discusses earning and keeping an audience's trust in post-truth world. The CEO of online news site Rappler also offers invaluable insights into freedom of speech and the state-controlled media in her home country, The Philippines.

It’s journalism 101: Report stories as accurately and objectively as possible. And it’s journalism 102 that sometimes our own experiences and ideas will unknowingly influence the way we report. Tonya Mosley, Emmy Award-winning Senior Silicon Valley correspondent for KQED and former John S Knight fellow Stanford University, offers her expert views on inherent bias and the steps journalists can take to report the whole story.

Frederic Fillloux is on the frontline when it comes to fighting fake news. A current John S. Knight fellow at Standford University, Filloux has developed a news analysis algorithm that rates the trustworthiness of digital stories. In this podcast, he takes us through the News Quality Scoring Project and why it's important.

ABC's The Book Club presenter Jennifer Byrne hosts this exceptional exchange as cousins, Archibald award-winning painter Ben Quilty, and Gold Walkley Award-winning photojournalist Andrew Quilty, reflect on their time in Afghanistan and discuss the careful skill of recording war through images.

Facebook has the ability to influence not just the way people think and feel, but even the outcomes of presidential elections. In the wake of the Russian Facebook scandal, Facebook launched The Facebook Journalism Project. Aine Kerr, manager of journalism partnerships at the project, talks us through what the social media giant is doing to tackle misinformation, facilitate quality journalism and monetise online news.