Ethics and Walkleys and Money, oh my!

Fin Review ethics policy: don’t sign
Along with a raft of restrictive and unnecessary provisions, the Australian Financial Review’s new ethics policy asks staff to agree that they “will be subject to disciplinary action (up to and including summary dismissal) should they be found to be in breach of company policy”. What do you think? It is a reasonable? Management has asked Alliance representatives to provide an alternative draft. If you have any suggestions please talk to your house committee delegates or Alliance organiser Claire O’Rourke claire.orourke@alliance.org.au or 02 9333 0935.

Walkleys count down
There is now less than three weeks to get your entries in for the 2009 Walkley Awards. This year you can enter online – that’s the easy part, but don’t forget to give yourself enough time to make four copies of your work, provide it electronically and post it. Don’t delay, we want to see your best work today: Entries close Sept 1. To enter Visit http://www.walkleys.com/

Cash for clicks
Rupert Murdoch is set to charge online readers for news content - but how do you make people part with their money? asks The Guardian’s Kevin Anderson. Read full story here http://tinyurl.com/mcm7ak

TV host “ordered killings”
Police have accused a Brazilian politician who fronts a popular television crime show of arranging crimes in Brazil and then broadcasting the footage in a bid to boost his ratings. Read full story here http://tinyurl.com/p6qb2n

Check out the MEAA's no journos = no news campaign website here. Thoughts? Contributions? Peruse the link to find out more!

Courtesy of Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.