A special Double Take episode on the Digital News Report, focusing on Australian findings. This year's report highlights the upswing in news consumption among younger audiences and their reliance on influencers and social media to access news. Many under 25s have never used traditional sources like newspapers or radio, even as interest in politics grows among under 35s.DNR researcher and Adjunct Professor, Dr Caroline Fisher joins Monica Attard, CMT Co-Director to discuss why influencers are becoming the new opinionista's in the digital news landscape.

Dr Alena Radina sits down with Kevin Kallaugher, the legendary political cartoonist behind some of The Economist’s most iconic and globally recognised imagery. Together, they dive deep in a conversation about survival, the evolution of satire, and the growing dangers of speaking truth to power in an era that has grown increasingly hostile to both. 

This month, journalist, academic and author Associate Professor Margaret Simons joins us to discuss the evolving concept of objectivity in journalism.

CMT Co-Director Derek Wilding speaks with two guests, Julie Eisenberg and Angela Flannery about CMT’s new research and the latest developments in the quest to make digital platforms contribute to news sustainability in Australia. 

As AI rapidly infiltrates every aspect of our lives, the news industry is facing another onslaught from the digital realm. AI companies with billion-dollar values are lobbying the government for copyright exceptions, having trained their systems on copyrighted materials including news. People are increasingly turning to AI for their news and information, and newsrooms are grappling with how AI can benefit news production and help connect them with audiences. ABC Chair Kim Williams weighs in with consideration to the impact AI will have not just on journalism, but on human civilisation.

Our annual review is back - and how could we sum this year up without looking at AI in news - what it means practically and ethically? Sacha Molitorisz speaks with journalist, broadcaster and podcaster Joe Hildebrand, and ABC's Managing Editor (Standards & Compliance) Sashka Koloff about declining trust, hallucinations and sex robots. You'll have to listen to understand.

Monica Attard speaks with Dr Siobhan McHugh, a leading podcast studies scholar and a multi award winning narrative podcast producer, and Dr Sarah Gilbert who leads the UTS Impact Studio, translating the scholarly work of academics into digestible podcasts. 

Does e-Safety do enough?In this episode, Professor Derek Wilding is speaking with Dr Noelle Martin, an expert on image-based abuse, and survivor-turned-activist.Noelle shares her research on image-based sexual abuse, particularly deepfake abuse, which disproportionately affects women globally.  Link below to Noelle's article 'Online safety regulation of deepfake abuse: a case study on Australia’s eSafety Commissioner':https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2025.2504791

Michael Davis talks to Robin Mansell, Professor Emerita at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Scientific Director of the International Observatory on Information and Democracy. They discuss how a broader ecosystem based approach to problems of information integrity is needed.

Reporting on matters of national security is high stakes, and few know that better than Cameron Stewart, Chief International Correspondent at The Australian newspaper, and one of Australia’s most experienced national security journalists. It’s widely accepted that if journalists don't have safe and lawful means to report on matters of national security, democracy is undermined. But government has a mission too – to protect Australians.  Susanne Lloyd-Jones, Lecturer at UTS Law, asks whether a voluntary, ‘media-led’ governance mechanism co-designed to build trust between the media and government could work.