Correspondent's Notebook
Archive for March, 2010
The hazards of the job
26 March 2010
Tom Fayle discusses the dangers, and the challenges, of what happens when the demands of modern reporting put journalists in the firing line.
The perks of the job
19 March 2010
If you’re a doctor, good pay and prestige usually comes with the job. If you work in a shop, there may be staff discounts. Flight attendants may get discounted travel for themselves and their families. But what about radio journalists? The host of Radio Australia’s Connect Asia, Sen Lam, says while there’s no heavily-discounted white goods, presenting the program does have its perks.
Fiji’s blue pencil
12 March 2010
This week we hear from Pacific Beat presenter Bruce Hill, who explores that ever-vexed subject of media censorship and asks the very practical question: Beyond the short term – does it actually work?
Samoa rebuilds
5 March 2010
This week, Australia Network’s Sean Dorney, just back from Samoa, reflects on a country changed by last September’s tsunami, but one which is rebounding, and rebuilding.
