Comments on: ABC looking for regional online reporters

By: Bronwen

Bronwen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:30:00 +0000

@Tim Bennett I don’t think it would be a huge problem at all. By ‘feisty passion’ I mean a love of their towns and a real understanding of the problems many of them face. It would be quite empowering for them to have a forum where they could discuss and debate the issues that are important to them.
All journalists are bias so let’s stop holding up that false ideal and talk to each other – opinions are under-rated.

By: Tim Bennett

Tim Bennett — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:02:17 +0000

The ABC’s going to have to take a deep breath before it lets audiences breach the editorial wall in the area of news content. It’s one thing to have user-generated content, but News is Serious Business. That ‘feisty passion’ could translate into a lot of headaches; think of how often the ABC gets knocked for allegations of bias by its professional journalists!

By: grum

grum — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:50:38 +0000

ooh, I’d love to do this kind of work. If only I didn’t love the city so much…

By: Bronwen

Bronwen — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:21:36 +0000

They have been looking for candidates for a while, so it may be worth a shot. Radio production can be picked up easily enough. Can’t speak for the ABC, but I’d certainly looking for someone with a good understanding of online over technical skills, which can always be picked up.

By: Sunili

Sunili — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:19:07 +0000

Oh wow that sounds like such a fantastic op… Kinda makes me want to go to learn about radio production. I mean, hello, living in Broome!