Daany Saeed

2 weeks ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

With the federal election campaign in full swing, both major party leaders have hit the road to vie for the votes of Australians from all around the country. And they’ve both got a pack of journalists in tow, watching their every move. The campaigns direct where journalists stay, despite the bill being picked up by the outlets themselves, resulting in some interesting dynamics (not to mention independent outlets being substantially locked out of the campaign owing to the cost involved).

3 weeks ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

ABC chair Kim Williams has slammed The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos’ handling of the paper’s presidential endorsement saga while addressing the Melbourne Press Club (MPC) on Thursday. “Jeff Bezos’ behaviour is increasingly appalling,” Williams said. “Preventing a presidential election editorial. Effectively censoring the op-ed page.

3 weeks ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

As the federal election race starts to heat up, so too are the inevitable accusations of pandering, misinformation and media bias taking place across the country. So it’s important to remember that journalists, as much as we claim to aspire to it, can never be truly objective. We are all products of our environment and bring with us perspectives and views that shape the coverage you read.

3 weeks ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

The Age’s star investigative reporter, Nick McKenzie, has wrestled a chair-wielding pedestrian who threatened to attack a motorist in their car in a spontaneous act of good samaritanism. Sixteen-time Walkley winner McKenzie was walking along Sydney Road in Brunswick in Melbourne’s inner north on Monday when he came across a man in a blue tracksuit, who was engaged in a loud altercation with a parked motorist across the road. The pair did not appear to be known to each other.

3 weeks ago | crikey.com.au | Daany Saeed

Nicolette Boele, the Climate 200-backed independent candidate for Bradfield, has wiped a mention of a wealthy donor linked to a new media start-up from her campaign website following reporting by Crikey. Donors Mark and Michelle Rawson contributed $20,000 to Boele’s 2022 campaign, and also provided the use of their renewable diesel-powered superyacht, “Belle”, to one of the independent candidate’s events in 2023.