Acclaimed journalist announces he’s leaving The Age (and shares five tips for the media)
One of Australia’s top journalists will leave The Age next month.
After 23 years at the newspaper, Richard Baker will finish up at on September 30.
And he’s got some advice for news media organisations on his way out…
- Scroll down to see Richard Baker’s gratuitous advice for the media
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Richard Baker’s five bits of gratuitous advice for media organisations:
- Do less culture war stuff.
- Don’t be swayed too much by Twitter opinions.
- Send your reporters out to locations more to get the real story.
- Enough with the ‘I quit drinking’ opinion pieces!
- More UFO stories on websites, please.
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