It’s nice to start the day on a positive note. I started this morning feeling a sense of privilege being out in this beautiful sunshine, knowing that the approaching winter is not always going to be welcome for everyone. I personally like winter for the snowfields, but not much else. It makes me appreciate just[…]
Author: moondrift
‘Out of sight, out of mind’: concerns for native fish in the name of eco-tourism
Australian Grayling by Codman at the English Language Wikipedia (Photo: Nathan Litjens), (CC BY-SA 3.0) Originally published 9th January, 2017… According to fisheries literature, the Australian Grayling smells like cucumber. Who knew? Who really cares? This will determine if it slips quietly into extinction. The salt-sensitive fish inhabits coastal rivers of south-east Australia. It migrates[…]
Murky Waters: In Search of Media Ethics
Anas discors…Pato media luna by Sergio Niebla (CC BY-SA 2.0) The following essay reviews two prominent cases that demonstrate the importance for communications practitioners to consider the legal implications of their professional undertakings. In Australia, the media and communications industry encompasses multiple platforms in its delivery of information to the public. It is experiencing rapid[…]
Investigative journalism: two different styles of persistence and influence
‘Inconvenient DNA’ Image: author’s own. This essay explores the premise that: ‘the purpose of investigative journalism is to hold powerful interests to account and highlight systemic corruption or breakdown’. I review two works to support this statement: Sarah Koenig’s ‘Serial’ podcasts, an investigation into the murder of teenager, Hae Min Lee and subsequent conviction of[…]
In search of prescriptive rhetoric: How news media in Australia, North America and the United Kingdom report shark-related human fatalities.
Great white shark By Terry Goss, CC BY 2.5 Introduction In 2017 there have been five confirmed fatal shark-human encounters globally[1] (Tracking Sharks, 2017). Three out of 11 shark species associated with human fatality are believed responsible for 86% of fatalities; great white shark, tiger shark and bull shark (ISAF, 2011). Holland et al. (1999)[…]