1. Hi @jansant & @MargaretSimons. The ‘gatecrashing’ of mainstream political journalism has been happening in USA since Trump. Now it’s here; its jumping off point is MURDOCH of course.

Such a pity Credlin asked a question journos should have. BIG FAIL.
2. I thought hard on the question ‘What is a journalist’ when publishing the work of readers of #Webdiary for @smh online 2001-05. My conclusion: Adherence to the Media Alliance Code of Ethics. A ethical obligations are what defines journalists writing news, analysis or opinion.
3. I wanted to publish citizen journalism on #Webdiary, and my only requirement was that each contributor pledge to abide by Webdiary’s code of ethics, which I adapted from the @meaa code for journalists in our union.
google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh.…
4. On the level of political reporting, I think there has to be condition that applicants to join the state or federal press galleries show they abide by the @withMEAA ethics code if they’re in the union, or a non-union journalism association with self-policing powers.
5. My story about this wild process published in a book called ‘Remote control” co-edited by my friend @catharinelumby. Re-published in ‘Patron Power’, my short lived indie publishing dumpster fire when I took #Webdiary independent to the big boys fury.

webdiary.com.au/cms/?q=node/779
7. So Wayne, for mine there’s nothing to stop bad faith operators crashing the party. Can you? Would love a working journo’s definition of what a journalist is these days.

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She’s inside me now and I’m taking her advice at last.

Time to grow up.
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