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11 July 2020
The Melbourne Press Club calls on Malaysia to immediately cease its criminal investigation into five Australian journalists over their fair and balanced reporting for Al Jazeera
01 July 2020
The Board of the Melbourne Press Club (MPC) today moved to establish a Diversity Sub-Committee as part of the organisation’s effort to lead the journalism sector into more action on cultural and gender diversity.
25 June 2020
The Melbourne Press Club has elected award-winning investigative reporter Nick McKenzie as its new President.
09 June 2020
Challenges for Australian journalism have become a constant
The Melbourne Press Club congratulates life member Mike Smith on being awarded an OAM
28 May 2020
The news of more job losses in our sector with News Corp Australasia's announcement today breaks our heart.
27 May 2020
The Melbourne Press Club applauds the ruling out of charges against journalist Annika Smethurst by the Australian Federal Police.
20 May 2020
Less than a week after we noted the closure of the Australian BuzzFeed newsroom, we are disappointed that 20 editorial jobs will be lost on Friday this week at the online news site, 10 Daily.
15 May 2020
The Melbourne Press Club joins with the media sector in support for journalism in the digital realm and opportunities for young journalists and expresses our disappointment at the closing of the Australian BuzzFeed newsroom.
Video: Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic has centred around statistics, but how do journalists make sense of the enormous amounts of data released by health authorities?
A webinar for students and early-career journalists with the ABC News Breakfast host
04 June 2020
Watch the webinar recorded on the eve of football's return
22 April 2020
Watch our webinar with ABC journalist John Lyons and senior media lawyer Peter Bartlett
15 March 2020
MPC face-to-face events have been suspended until further notice due to current Coronavirus restrictions, however we are currently running webinar events
The Melbourne Press Club office is closed until further notice. We will continue to respond to enquiries...
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Defending the Whistleblowers
Adelie Hurley - Australia Media Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee
Kate McClymont - Australia Media Hall of Fame 2017 Inductee
Maxine McKew - Australian Media Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee
Anne Summers - Australian Media Hall of Fame 2017 Inductee
Dulcie Boling - Australian Media Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee
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