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Reading is the fastest way to get news
Data from the new Australian Digital News Report shows that most people prefer to get their digital news in text format. This won't surprise anyone who…
Hal Crawford
Jun 16
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The Unwilled Writer Part 2
Students can now generate plausible essays for a less than a cent with the click of a button. How do teachers deal with that? Something has to change…
Hal Crawford
Jun 8
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The Unwilled Writer, part 1
GPT-3, an AI which knows how to write - but not what it is writing - has had a profound impact on me. It feels like coming face to face with the English…
Hal Crawford
Jun 1
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The machines have acquired language
The rise of machine models with advanced language skills is set to up-end professional work, with a big impact on news media. If you don't believe it…
Hal Crawford
May 13
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Get bored, get brave: Tim Duggan on making ideas better
Journalist, entrepreneur and author Tim Duggan knows that everyone is creative, only they have some pretty messed up ideas about ideas. In his new book…
Hal Crawford
May 3
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The Economist's digital pricing regime defies economics
The same kind of analysis that has seen The Economist rank nations by the cost of Big Mac burgers shows that publication itself varies by more than 300…
Hal Crawford
Apr 6
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Gideon Haigh on the longest form of journalism
If you’re a cricket fan, you will be familiar with Gideon Haigh’s writing, but that’s far from his only area of activity. Haigh has become a specialist…
Hal Crawford
Mar 31
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Where fact and melody collide
News music is not often discussed, but it is important in branding, grabbing attention, and setting an emotional atmosphere. Dutch journalist Victor…
Hal Crawford
Mar 15
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Where fact and melody collide: Victor Vlam on news music
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Keep calm and make a plan: Sarah Bristow on news directing
Sarah Bristow is the News Director at Discovery in New Zealand: she's a powerful combination of directness and acute broadcast audience understanding.
Hal Crawford
Mar 8
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Escape from planet Covid, and the trouble with Sims
It’s wet. It’s so wet, it’s hard to remember what dry is like. As with much of New South Wales, it’s been raining here for what seems to be several…
Hal Crawford
Mar 8
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On assignment in Australia: Bill Grueskin
It is a measure of how significant the Australian News Media Bargaining Code is as an international precedent that someone like Grueskin has turned up…
Hal Crawford
Feb 20
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Paul Henry on being disliked
Paul Henry is offensive to many, and that's the way he likes it. Certainly, that's one of the reasons he has built such a successful career in…
Hal Crawford
Feb 6
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