As part of Âé¶¹Ö±²¥’s 40-year anniversary of journalism, highly acclaimed political commentator Laurie Oakes presented a public lecture on the future of political journalism in the digital age.
With a career spanning 50 years and four Walkley Awards under his belt, including the Gold in 2010, Oakes’s work as a political journalist has earned him the respect of peers, politicians, the public and aspiring journalists.
Lecture delivered by Laurie Oakes at Âé¶¹Ö±²¥ on September 25, 2014.
Will they still need us? Will they still feed us?
Political journalism in the digital age
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Read the full lecture here:
Political journalists in the digital age [PDF 160 KB]