No Glee for Books; No talk about crime against journos; No God and No need to bring headphones!

17-20 JUNE, 2011 - CLICK TO DOWNLOAD EPISODE


This week, on THE FOURTH ESTATE, we peruse over the future for bookshops; the vulnerability of journalists; atheism and good, old-fashioned quality radio features...


- NO GLEE FOR BOOK SALES? KATE BURRASTON:
Gleebooks co-owner weighs in on the debate surrounding the future of Australian book retailers in light of news that some 500 staff across the country were cut from Angus and Robertson chains.


- GIVING A VOICE TO THE UNSPOKEN - LEANNE TORPEY
Committee to Protect Journalists has released a report "The silencing crime: sexual violence and journalists".  offer up some rather confronting statistics that are left unreported that is the number of journalists that fall victim to sex crimes whilst on the beat.


- ATHEISTS APPEAL TO AUSTRALIANS TO APPEASE GOD VIA AD CAMPAIGNING - NATHAN COATES
We explore the god-given right to advertise atheism, as is the current billboard campaign advocating the right to declare your belief system (or lack thereof) on the Census.


- DON'T BE LEFT "IN THE DARK" FOR GOOD RADIO - MIG CALDWELL, MIKE WILLIAMS & TONY BARRELL
Light is shed about "In the Dark": a communal project in audio appreciation that draws from an old-school appreciation of radio as evocative story-teller.

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