Today’s issue of The Australian Financial Review (West Australian edition) was published with an unfortunate error on the front page. An early ‘dummy’ of the front page was sent to the print centres by mistake, and it was on the news stands before anyone realised they’d ‘FUKT’ up. Can you spot the error?
More details and the apology from editor Michael Stutchbury on Mumbrella.
After 181 years the Sydney Morning Herald is going compact or tabloid to anyone who’s not an employee of the Sydney Morning Herald.
Newspapers rarely engage in chequebook journalism but Channel 7 has had the chequebook out all week.
Schapelle Corby could receive between $1.3m and $3m for her interview.
Convicted murderer Simon Gittany’s girlfriend, Rachelle Louise paid up to $150,000.
Read the full article from Rick Feneley of the SMH – Schapelle Corby, Rachelle Louise, the Harnum family: Seven’s grubby week of chequebook journalism
Traineeships are now open for the SMH, The Age and The Australian Financial Review – apply now
Column 8 from The Sydney Morning Herald is a funny read. See the clipping below for details on sending in your own funny stories.
Here’s how to use an apostrophe and the correct use of a comma.
With over 182 years of combined media, PR and journalism experience behind them, the Townsend brothers made an event of it and examined if their beloved SMH had changed formatting and shifted too much to the right when it shifted from broadsheet to compact (tabloid for everyone not employed by Fairfax).
Their father Lewis “Lew” Townsend was the Chief Sub-Editor of the SMH (died 1955)
Not one cry of “back in my day” and all were generally pleased with the new format.
