Gay Alrn has been a journalist for over 25 years. She's been a Washgton rrponnt, eded The Sunday Age, won three Walkley Awards and is now the Melbourne edor for Guardian Atralia. I wanted to talk wh Gay about a whole many thgs (we began by talkg about this week's 4Corners report on the refugee children of N and the rol and bias of journalism), but the bulk of our chat beme focsed on the notn of "polil rrectns": the nature of our public disurse, sectn 18C of the Racial Discrimatn Act, inty polics and cultural appropriatn. Gay scrib herself as a progrsive person but is a stnch advote of the eedom of speech and has ncerns about the way we go about talkg wh each other. Is now longer possible for to "reasonably disagree"? is the basic startg pot for our chat, I'd remend readg that first before listeng here. We also got on to ; this will also be the foc of next week's episo wh Yassm Abl-Magied. Cse of the Week: Guardian Atralia (), Oxfam Atralia ()
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GAY ALRN RIGNS AFTER TWO YEARS AS EDOR OF THE AGE TO RE FOR HBAND WH HEALTH NDN
‘Gay has led The Age through two credibly challengg and exhilaratg years verg the story of a lifetime,’ owner Ne Entertament says * gay alcorn twitter *
The edor of the Age, Gay Alrn, has rigned om her posn after two years to take re of her hband, who is battlg a ser health Thursday, the Age and Sydney Morng Herald executive edor, Tory Maguire, announced Alrn would be steppg down om the edorship of the 168-year-old Melbourne masthead now owned by Ne Entertament. “Gay has led The Age through two credibly challengg and exhilaratg years verg the story of a lifetime and she has done so wh energy, passn, ambn and tellectual prows, ” Maguire said a statement.
“I will miss Gay’s h take on the big issu, as well as her fect enthiasm for news and ias, and I look forward to havg her back the newsroom the future. Get touch wh Gay. Contact Gay, search articl and Tweets, monor verage, and track repli om one place.
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Gay Alrn steps down as edor of The Age. Note From The EdorA week of stori that matterExclive stori revealg a sndal Matthew Guy’s office and Eddie Betts’ experienc at an Alai Crows trag mp ronated beyond the 24-hour news cycle and highlight our mment to pennt 5, 2022by Gay AlrnNote From The EdorThe last hurrahThis week we saw two long-nng sagas draw to a close, wh the fal episo of Neighbours and the end of public heargs the Ben Roberts-Smh famatn 29, 2022by Gay AlrnThe Age Support reportg that matters by subscribg to The AgeThe IBAC and Ombudsman’s report to mise of public funds, branch-stackg and “uhil” practic the Victorian ALP was a direct rult of an Age vtigatn. If you n, nsir supportg to pursue more public tert 21, 2022by Gay Alrn.
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I wanted to talk wh Gay about a whole many thgs (we began by talkg about this week's 4Corners report on the refugee children of N and the rol and bias of journalism), but the bulk of our chat beme focsed on the notn of "polil rrectns": the nature of our public disurse, sectn 18C of the Racial Discrimatn Act, inty polics and cultural appropriatn. Gay scrib herself as a progrsive person but is a stnch advote of the eedom of speech and has ncerns about the way we go about talkg wh each other. This piece by Gay on PC is the basic startg pot for our chat, I'd remend readg that first before listeng here.