Reporting on some informal conversations about the future of public interest journalism | Public Interest Journalism Foundation

A small group of community members, bloggers, journalists and academics (some of us wearing multiple hats) attended the Public Interest Journalism Foundation’s first MeetUp event in Canberra recently. We were fortunate to hear from award-winning blogger and media analyst, Jim Parker, aka Mr Denmore of The Failed Estate, Professor Matthew Ricketson, who assisted Ray Finkelstein QC with his inquiry into media regulation (you can read his recent presentation on this to the Centre for Advanced Journalism at Melbourne University), and Craig Thomler, Managing Director of digital democracy company Delib Australia, and a Gov 2.0 advocate and blogger. The discussions were casual and not intended for wider reporting, but some of the general themes included: