Tom Minear

Melbourne

US correspondent for @newscorpaus's mastheads including @theheraldsun, @dailytelegraph, @couriermail and @thetiser. Email: [email protected]

Articles

US Open 2024, Alex de Minaur vs Jack Draper live scores and updates: Start time, form

Sep 3, 2024 | codesports.com.au | Tom Minear

Looking to make the semi-finals of a grand slam event for the first time in his career, Australia’s Alex de Minaur takes on Britain’s Jack Draper on Thursday (3:30am AEST). De Minaur knocked over compatriot Jordan Thompson (6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5) in the quarter-finals and has only shown glimpses of his best tennis so far. Only his second round victory over Otto Virtanen came in straight sets, with the remaining three all going to four.
Tom Minear: What ordinary Americans teach us about Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris

Aug 17, 2024 | heraldsun.com.au | Tom Minear

WorldDon't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. I’ve spent the past month interviewing scores of voters in our United Mates tour of the US. In Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, many Americans have often had a question for me too: why do Australians care about November’s US election? I suspect the answer is two-fold.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich released from Russian jail

Jul 31, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Tom Minear |Tiffany Bakker |Maria Bervanakis

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich made a brave request before being released from a Russian jail - an interview with Vladimir Putin. Gershkovich, 32, was among 16 Westerners freed from Russian custody in the biggest prisoner exchange since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Others freed in the group were former US marine Paul Whelan and US resident Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian-British political activist and journalist .
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to be released from Russian jail

Jul 31, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Tom Minear

Evan Gershkovich’s 16-month ordeal in a Russian prison on sham spying charges is over, with the Wall Street Journal reporter freed in a high-stakes prisoner swap. Retired American Marine Paul Whelan has also been released after he was arrested six years ago on similarly false espionage charges. The pair were rushed out of Russia as part of a multi-country deal that saw the release of several Russian prisoners in the West.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to be released from Russian jail

Jul 31, 2024 | news.com.au | Tom Minear |Tiffany Bakker

Three American hostages - including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich - freed in a prisoner swap with Russia have been photographed smiling in the first official photo of the group since their release. Gerskovich, former US marine Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, and US resident Vladimir Kara-Murza were all freed from Russian custody in the biggest prisoner exchange since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich returns to America

Jul 31, 2024 | dailytelegraph.com.au | Tom Minear |Tiffany Bakker |Maria Bervanakis

LiveWorldDon't miss out on the headlines from World. Followed categories will be added to My News. American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been warmly welcomed home by his family after he was freed from a Russian jail in the largest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War.
‘Fighting to protect kids’: New update in US social media bans

Jun 3, 2024 | geelongadvertiser.com.au | Tom Minear

New York is set to become the first US state to ban social media companies using algorithms to target kids with addictive content. Under the crackdown, the platforms would need parental consent if they were to pump content into the feeds of users aged under 18 with automated algorithms. Without that consent, minors would instead have to be shown chronological feeds of content from their friends – similar to the early experience of Facebook and Instagram.
New York moves to ban social media companies from targeting kids

Jun 3, 2024 | cairnspost.com.au | Tom Minear

New York is set to become the first US state to ban social media companies using algorithms to target kids with addictive content. Under the crackdown, the platforms would need parental consent if they were to pump content into the feeds of users aged under 18 with automated algorithms. Without that consent, minors would instead have to be shown chronological feeds of content from their friends – similar to the early experience of Facebook and Instagram.
New York moves to ban social media companies from targeting kids

Jun 3, 2024 | news.com.au | Tom Minear

New York is set to become the first US state to ban social media companies using algorithms to target kids with addictive content. Under the crackdown, the platforms would need parental consent if they were to pump content into the feeds of users aged under 18 with automated algorithms. Without that consent, minors would instead have to be shown chronological feeds of content from their friends – similar to the early experience of Facebook and Instagram.
Ban all social media for kids, US lawmakers urge Australia

May 21, 2024 | adelaidenow.com.au | Tom Minear

Exclusive: The architects of nation-leading social media restrictions in the US have urged the Australian government to enact the toughest possible laws to keep kids off the harmful platforms. In a major intervention, key figures in Utah’s first-in-the-nation rules and Florida’s ambitious crackdown urged Australia to go even further by banning social media for children under 16.