Category Archives: Collective prosperity
Dark forces of rotting structures, processes and policies!
Dark forces of rotting structures, processes and policies! We need a new media narrative in Australia! Continue reading
Is inequality growing in Australia? If so, will it allow Australia to flourish?
Our call to action is, “We want to help as many Australians as possible to flourish; personally, in their communities, and as the Nation as a whole!” What AMEP can do, directly, is to push for a media narrative that … Continue reading
Is there a crisis in Australia’s democracy?
This article by Nicholas Reece, “How Australia’s cartel-like political parties drag down democracy”, and the many comments attached to it, suggest there is an emerging crisis in Australia’s democracy. AMEP and P4T started exploring this subject before the election in … Continue reading
Struggle Street on SBS
In the Age today (7/5) Michael Lallo wrote a very challenging article on the SBS documentary Struggle Street on SBS, which caused me to watch it on SBS view on demand. I hadn’t intended to watch it after reading early … Continue reading
Is this a story about talented musicians being abused by the market?
This is an interesting read from the Conversation. Our interest in media is about what makes for greater fairness, well being and shared prosperity in Australian society? If this research is true why would journalists from mainstream media not investigate … Continue reading
Counter-terrorism: Are we suffering from shallow, simplistic journalism?
Journalists Cecily Huang and Caitlin Gibson go behind the headlines, and speak to one of Australia’s young Muslims, Mohammed Junaid Thorne, experienced journalist, Professor Peter Manning, who specialised in Muslim culture, scholar of Islamic studies, and Shakira Hussein, to check … Continue reading
New Bill is Bad News for Vulnerable Children – James Cambell, Herald Sun, Melbourne
Why won’t journalists write solutions-centred ‘stories”, rather than bombarding audiences with problems? Continue reading
Might be time for journalists to relearn principles of Rule of Law!
Last year, Australian Media Engagement Project (AMEP) engaged in a number of events around, “Beyond the Game – Is there a crisis in Australian democracy?” We believe there is a crisis, and that crisis affects, and will continue to affect, … Continue reading