Crikey, the Australian and the Politics of Professional Status in Australian Journalism

Abstract

This article presents a case study of editorial content in an ongoing ‘war of words’ between two Australian publications – independent daily email news source Crikey and the Murdoch-owned broadsheet newspaper The Australian – in order to demonstrate one of the struggles over professional status in the changing Australian media environment. This negotiation over professional status exemplifies the way in which rhetorics of professionalism are used to gain authority over the particular jurisdiction of journalism. Considering this example in relation to dominant discussions of journalistic professionalism, this article demonstrates the limitations of the ways in which many of these discussions are framed, and works to place professionalism within a framework that positions journalism as a cultural technology.

Fifty Years of The Australian

“…Other research -generally comparative -has examined, again in very uneven ways, its reporting in relation to Indigenous issues (McCallum and Reid, 2012;McCallum and Waller, 2013), the 1971 Springbok tour that helped bring down Deamer (Cryle, 2001-02), the Chinese (Liu, 2004), Pauline Hanson (van Acker andHollander, 2003), MV Tampa (Josephi and Sjøbrend, 2005), public intellectuals (Gans and Leigh, 2012), the environment Lester, 2009, 2013;McGaurr et al, 2013;Tiffen, 2015b), illegal drugs (Blood et al, 2003), defamation (Bell, 2006) and the Metherell affair (Tanner, 2001), its coverage of travel (Hanusch, 2011) and tourism (Wilks et al, 1996), and its interest in celebrities (Bonner, et al, 1999). There is also work on the errors in its financial journalism (Matolcsy and Schultz, 1994) and its 'war of words' with Crikey (Morieson, 2012). No doubt there is more.…”

Profesionalización autogestiva de los periodistas mexicanos organizados.

“…de la profesión (Nixon, 2011;Morieson, 2012;Altmeppen, Arnold & Kösler, 2012;Sjøvaag, 2013); las innovaciones tecnológicas que modifican las exigencias profesionales para los periodistas (Wallace, 2009;Himelboim & McCreery, 2012;Mäenpää, 2014;Revers, 2014); el impacto de la formación universitaria en el grado de autonomía, el status profesional y las condiciones de su reconocimiento (Naït-Bouda, 2010;Das, 2007;Leteinturier, 2010;Ruusunoksa, 2006); la relación de la producción periodística con el sistema político y los asuntos públicos (Mercado, 2015;González, Sierra y Benítez, 2014;Brüggemann, Engesser, Büchel, Humprecht & Castro , 2014;Revers, 2013;Edy & Snidow, 2011); los roles profesionales con relación al género, posición de autoridad, condiciones laborales, entre otras cosas (Mellado, Márquez, Mick et al, 2016;Frisque, 2014;Papa, & Collet, 2013;Anden-Papadopoulus & Pantti, 2013); el estudio de las prácticas especializadas del periodismo (Hanusch, 2011;Boyer, 2006;Diana, 2013; Montérémal & Souanef; 2013) y la satisfacción laboral de los periodistas (Espino, 2016;Leteinturier, 2010;De Bruin, 2000 (Beck, 2006).…”