2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Ranald Macdonald
Media commentator, former newspaper executive and journalism academic Ranald Macdonald AO is passionate about press freedom and public interest reporting. He founded the Australian Press Council and has written a book, Battling Murdochracy, about his experiences.
Fault Lines: Journalism’s role in a fractured world
Sunday April 26
The Ballroom, The Continental
1.30pm
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60 mins
Monica Attard, Jon Faine and Louise Milligan with Ranald Macdonald
Modern media is suffering a crisis of public trust and an increasingly diverse and fragmented market. Meanwhile, star journalists and commentators too often focus on the brand rather than the story. Yet good journalism still has immense capacity to scrutinise, reveal and hold institutions and individuals to account.