Publishing
Guardian Australia appoints new editor, flown in from the UK
The Guardian Australia has appointed David Munk, a British journalist who had been a deputy chief here before going on to be managing editor in the UK, as its new boss.
- Kishor Napier-Raman
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‘AI is insidious’: Universities urged to adopt clear AI rules after opinion article scandal
Universities should set standards for academics using AI and require a guarantee work is “human-authored” before publication, a former university chancellor says.
- Bridie Smith and Caroline Schelle
‘Odd choices of words’: How an academic’s AI use was exposed by her peers
Western Sydney University has acknowledged that the opinion piece, published by this masthead, was AI-generated using the author’s previous work.
- Harriet Alexander and Sally Rawsthorne
Seven Herald reporters named finalists in Mid-Year Walkley Awards
Journalists covering crime, education, health, the arts and local government affairs were nominated, the highest number from any masthead in Australia.
The Sydney newspaper banned from council meetings that has its own questions to answer
At first glance, a council’s decision to ban a newspaper from its premises represents a remarkable intrusion on press freedom. But this fight is less cut and dried than it seems.
- Bevan Shields and Ellie Busby
‘Disappointing’: Top editor took aim at the treasurer. It went poorly
The West Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Dore made a series of clumsy jokes at an event hosted by his newspaper while the treasurer and premier were in attendance.
- Calum Jaspan
- Opinion
- CBD
Kyle and Jackie O’s former boss gets historically smoked by angry shareholders
The chairman of Kyle and Jackie O’s former corporate employer faced a torrent of criticism at a shareholder meeting on Thursday, but he managed to keep his job.
- John Buckley
Major publishing houses sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg over AI copyright
Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage and bestselling novelist Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit alleging that Meta relied on pirated books to train its AI program.
- Alexandra Alter
- Analysis
- Social media
Meta will throw the toys out of the cot - again
Local journalism deserves saving. But the scheme designed to save it rests on assumptions that the Facebook and Instagram owner has already demolished, without consequences.
- David Swan
‘Shameful and abhorrent’: Authors call for boycott after book pulled
The University of Queensland’s publisher cancelled the upcoming First Nations children’s book over illustrator Matt Chun’s political posts about last year’s Bondi attack.
- Catherine Strohfeldt and Kerrie O'Brien