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See @ConversationEDU for @journlaw’s five reasons the Australian #natsec laws...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw The Abbott government’s latest tranches of national security and counter-terrorism laws represent the greatest attack on the Fourth Estate function of journalism in the...
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Symposia on Drones and the Media to be hosted by @GUCulturalResea,...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw We are honoured to be hosting acclaimed international media law expert Dr David Goldberg for two seminars examining the law and ethics of media use of drones early next...
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Responsible media use of drones should be exempted from laws: Goldberg #G20Griff
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Drones – unmanned aerial vehicles – raise a host of legal and ethical issues but responsible journalism should be exempted from many legal restrictions, according to...
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Please complete this survey on journalists’ and bloggers’ source protection...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Calling all journalists, bloggers, media law geeks and students: journalists and whistleblowers internationally need your help by completing this global...
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Is Australia an emerging Secret State?
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My speech to the Pacific Journalism Review 20th Anniversary conference in Auckland, on November 27, 2014 was titled: ‘Suppression, sentences, surveillance, security and...
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Greste release is welcome, as would be a free media in Australia #FreeAJStaff
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My contribution to the Griffith Red Couch blog, first published here. Follow the Red Couch Blog for commentary from Griffith University academics. Australian Prime...
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Forthcoming Pacific Journalism Review covers political journalism in the region
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw The May special edition of Pacific Journalism Review will include revised and refereed papers from the PJR2014 conference held in Auckland last November. I was honoured...
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West Papua – the Indonesian media gag on Australia’s doorstep
Global Day of Action for Access to West Papua unites protestors across 20 cities REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS / REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES PRESS RELEASE / COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE 04.29.2015 ENG :...
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Journalists, whistleblowers and the law – the end of the era of the...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My speech to the AusCERT2015 conference on the Gold Coast, Queensland, on Friday June 5. It's @JournLaw at #auscert2015 pic.twitter.com/GXJXGoyeAi — Troy Hunt...
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Watergate revisited: Is it fundamentally unethical to guarantee a source...
A shorter version was published 22-6-15 in The Conversation as: How surveillance is wrecking journalist-source confidentiality By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward...
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Drones and media law and ethics in Australia – our #ANZCA2015 paper
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Postgraduate student Sam Worboys produced some excellent work for his research project looking at the state of news media use of drones in Australia and the regulatory,...
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How reliable are world press freedom indices?
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw The recent special edition of Pacific Journalism Review included an article I co-authored with Associate Professor Joseph Fernandez (@DrJM_Fernandez) from Curtin...
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An argument for more open courts in the digital era
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw My submission in response to the Supreme Court of Queensland’s comprehensive issues paper Electronic Publication of Court Proceedings argues that the advent of digital...
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Investigative reporter and foreign correspondent Jess Hill (@jessradio) talks...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw We were honoured to have investigative reporter and former Middle East correspondent Jess Hill (@jessradio) visit Griffith University to talk about foreign...
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UNESCO study by @julieposetti uses research to shed light on source...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw UNESCO’s flagship publication World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development was launched in Paris, London and New York this week, as part of events...
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Dangerous journalism – new threats to journalism in the Middle East:...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Almost every nation in the Middle East has the surveillance capability rivaling that of the Five Eyes group of countries, Guardian Middle East correspondent Martin...
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Freed journalist Peter Greste gets honorary doctorate then calls for free...
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw The Australian journalist jailed for 400 days in Egypt called for greater freedom for the media during the war on terror after being awarded an honorary doctorate by...
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Journalist Peter Greste explains why it is important to cover Islam ethically
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw Australian journalist Peter Greste – released last year after 400 days in an Egyptian jail – has outlined why it is so important for journalists to be fair and accurate...
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The main national security laws affecting journalists and sources
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw [with research assistance from Virginia Leighton-Jackson] Among more than 50 national security laws and amendments passed in Australia since 9/11, these four stand out...
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Stay Out Of Jail 101: Phone a spy before breaking a national security scoop
By MARK PEARSON Follow @Journlaw You have information that police and intelligence agencies are about to launch Australia’s biggest counter-terror operation. Or perhaps they already have. ASIO...
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