Daily Archives: December 9, 2017

Radio Does Not Need Pictures

In the age of multiple ways to get your fix of news, I would like to put a hand up for radio journalism. It is a little known fact that there were 19 finalists from Australia at the recent New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards. These ranged from biographies to coverage of international affairs, from breaking stories to insightful community portraits. A podcast on life on Manus Island by the Wheeler Centre won a top honour. To be a…