Michael Gawenda, former editor-in-chief of Melbourne's The Age, has painted a bizarre but not totally surprising picture of life in Fairfax Media's newspaper. In a speech last week, Gawenda talked of a dysfunctional relationship between management and journalists.
He attributed much of the blame for this on the lack of hands-on newspaper experience by senior management and board directors. Gawenda argued that the values of Fairfax's papers are being trashed through poor management judgment and a lack of co-ordination and authority between editors and the online off-shoots from their newspapers. (Via The Australian)
