Much has changed in Australia since I lived there and carried out journalistic assignments across the nation for the national broadcaster in the 1980s. This was before departing Australian shores to become an ABC foreign correspondent based in the UK and continental...

Before the internet came along, a bad TV interview performance could haunt you for quite a long time. TV stations might keep running your embarrassingly poor interview responses until - eventually - they would typically tire of replaying them. These days a media...

Happy 2026! News-wise it’s been a crazy roller coaster start to the new year.     To borrow from a prominent popular new movie title, 2026 is already looking like being a case of “One Battle After Another”.     The year’s also unfolding in line...

Today’s modern technology provides breath-taking opportunities for individuals and companies to convey their messages digitally to the world. Some use it well, while others use it badly. My observation is that no one has ever done it quite as atrociously as the...

Even if you’re not a member of a royal family - and even you’re never classified as a disgraced former prince - massive lessons have become clear to all about the consequences of doing bad media interviews. The lessons are provided for us by the man once known as...