Journalism's Blurry Future
There have been numerous raids on journalists and media organisations in the recent months that challenges the industry’s ability to securely share information that serves the public interest. This week’s CMNS3420 tutorial discusses how journalists have been attacked in the workplace and in their home environment due to nature of their investigations. However, the raids executed by the AFP in June was an attempt to obstruct a journalist’s ability to expose the truth to educate their audiences. This event highlights the importance journalist’s play in society to hold people or organisations accountable. ABC Headquarters was raided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in June, searching for documents containing secret information about the defence force in Afghanistan. Following two years after ABC investigative journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark released The Afghan Files that gave insight into their clandestine operations. Although the files found by AFP have been seized...