As part of Curtin University’s 40-year anniversary of journalism, highly acclaimed political commentator Laurie Oakes presented a public lecture on the future of political journalism in the digital age.
With a career spanning 50 years and four Walkley Awards under his belt, including the Gold in 2010, Oakes’s work as a political journalist has earned him the respect of peers, politicians, the public and aspiring journalists.
Lecture delivered by Laurie Oakes at Curtin University on September 25, 2014.
Will they still need us? Will they still feed us?
Political journalism in the digital age
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Read the full lecture here:
Political journalists in the digital age [PDF 160 KB]
