Episode 25: August 5, 2011
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On this week's program: Mig Caldwell looked into the necessity of the media in reporting the taking of one's own life, with the release of refined guidelines for journalists reporting on suicide, issued by the Australian Press Council. Nathan Coates interviewed two journalists that managed to defy the odds and access entry within Villawood detention centre to report on the suicide of a detainee. Mig Caldwell spoke to Ellie Rennie, an Associate Professor from Swinburne University who took part in researching the access to internet technologies in Australia's most remote outstations. And Dylan Barber looks at the right to remain anonymous when publishing comments online.
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