Signs of life in the town square

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Title: Signs of life in the town square
Author(s): Simons, Margaret
Abstract: When the veteran ABC broadcaster Maxine McKew announced her pending retirement last week, the temptation was to see it as a reaction to the direction of the national broadcaster, particularly the new managing director Mark Scott, and the recently announced new editorial polices. McKew was quick to scotch both views. Scott, she said, was 'on the right track if anything,' she said. I happen to think she may be right, and this is despite the fact that elsewhere I have slammed Scott and the new editorial polices. So what is Scott doing right? The signs are he is giving due weight to the biggest challenge facing the ABC, and the main threat to its survival. This has nothing to do with intellectually impoverished notions of objectivity and bias. It is all about new media and finding a role for the public broadcaster in an era of media plenty. [Introduction]
Publication type: Commentary
Source: Creative Economy Online, 31 October 2006
Publication year: 2006
Keyword(s): ABC; Australia; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Citizen journalism; Digital broadcasting; Journalism; McKew, Maxine, 1953-; Media ownership; National broadcaster; New media; Public broadcasting; Public journalism; Rosen, Jay, 1956-; Scott, Mark
Publisher: ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Publisher URL: http://www.creative.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=108089