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1 online resource (streaming video file) (54 min. 15 sec.) ; 330276975 bytes |
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The Andrew Olle Media Lecture was established in 1996 by the presenters and staff at 702 ABC Sydney to honour the memory of ABC Radio broadcaster Andrew Olle, who died in 1995 of a brain tumour.The lecture is now in its 15th year and speakers are invited to talk on the role and future of the media both in Australia and internationally.Editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger promises to be one of the most fascinating speakers yet. Not only has the newspaper's website regularly been voted the best newspaper website in the world, he has been named editor of the year three times.As editor, he helped launch Guardian Unlimited - now guardian.co.uk. He oversaw the integration of the paper and digital operations, helping to build a website which today attracts more than 30 million unique visitors a month and which is one of the top 10 global news sites in the world.Mr Rusbridger is noted for fighting, and winning, a number of high-profile legal cases involving free speech issues and corruption in government. He is also a keen amateur musician, the author of three children's books, the co-author of a BBC One drama and he has written a full-length animation film script and a play about Beethoven.The lecture will be delivered in front of an audience of some of the country's leading industry figures |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-11-21 at 23:05:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Glover, Richard.
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Journalism.
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Lectures and lecturing.
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Olle, Andrew, 1947-1995.
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Streaming video
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Abuhusain, Hazem, contributor
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Atkin, Michael, contributor
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Glover, Richard, contributor
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Harrington, Sara, contributor
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Henley, Andrew, contributor
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Jones, Tony, host
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Olle, Andrew, contributor
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Rusbridger, Alan, contributor
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Scott, Mark, contributor
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