Why did The Australian use an image of Imane Khelif, a cis woman of colour, in a transphobic headline about banning trans women in sport? Imane was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman. Paired with the use of the word "men", this headline is irresponsible, misleading and offensive.

Egyptian-Canadian journalist Omar El-Akkad, author of One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This, on the refusal to give up hope. Listen to his raw conversation with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/45d98p2h

Who at the ABC wrote, then approved, the words "ceasefire will hold" over an image of Palestinian bodies? Also, how much deference should the media give to Trump given his government continues to provide bombs to kill Palestinians?

In this bonus episode, Egyptian-Canadian journalist and author Omar El Akkad speaks to Antoinette Lattouf about navigating the dehumanising stereotype of the Angry Arab Man. Listen to We Used To Be Journos wherever you get your podcasts.

Q: How did these explosives get there? Do these devices just grow in Gaza's soil? Or did a military put them there?

The ICJ has ruled that Israel's claims the UNRWA was infiltrated by Hamas were unfounded. To the publications that uncritically reproduced these lies and effectively laundered a genocide: when will you stop deferring to a state that has been proven to lie repeatedly?

Class, why is this headline centring the murdered woman's step count? What has that got to do with the fact that a man randomly stabbed her to death? Combatting the violence against women epidemic includes responsible media reporting.

Antoinette sits down with Chris Hedges to reflect on his career, *that* jaw dropping interview on Late Night Live and how western media has failed journalists on Gaza. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...

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Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges and I have plenty to cover — his remarkable career, the betrayal of Palestinian journalists, the National Press Club fiasco, and *that* ABC Late Night Live interview. We Used To Be Journos bonus episode drops Friday, 5am AEDT.

EXCLUSIVE: The personal mobile phone number of Time Minister Albanese, along with the numbers of high-profile Australians in media and business - has been published on a publicly accessible third-party website, in what appears to be a widespread privacy breach. www.ettemedia.com/exclusive-pe...

A nurse was shot in the head while working in Gaza's Nasser hospital. The horror was captured on camera. Here in Australia, it wasn't deemed newsworthy - only covered by one outlet. Over at SMH, we spotted four stories about Nicole Kidman's divorce on its home page alone, including an opinion piece

This is such a perfect example of the myopia of Australian political media - a newspaper publishing a column offering political advice to the Liberal Party from a consultant (even referring to the party as 'we'). It doesn't even pretend to address the public. #auspol www.afr.com/politics/fed...

Tiny @ettemedia.bsky.social doing the heavy lifting showing how the mainstream fails. Not an isolated case.

The dos and don'ts: how to report on the far right without platforming their message. Thanks @ettemedia.bsky.social for this topic focused vid, cut from the longer weekly broadcast - perfect for sharing with a friend with whom I had had a similar conversation.

Congratulations @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social !! 💚 Everyone get in and check out @ettemedia.bsky.social ... in fact a new episode was released just this morning.

These debunking and ‘in their own words’ style articles are powerful reminders to support the work of independent media, like @zeteo.com and @ettemedia.bsky.social who continually challenge the main stream media rhetoric.

America, land of the free and the moral. Where late-night comedians get canned for cracking a joke about the government, and an Aussie ABC journo gets banned from press conferences for asking the President a question that hurt his feelings. MAGA baby! But make it less great and more autocratic

@ettemedia.bsky.social Much good content we need in our ear holes this ep that MSN fail to give us, like unhinged week of wall to wall coverage of murder (not assassination) of neo Nazi & @janfran.bsky.social’s enlightening chat w/ Dr McSwiney on how NOT to report on neo Nazi’s (not influencers)

Why is ABC centring so-called “safety fears”? Royal Children’s Hospital mission is “a world where all children thrive” yet it cancelled an event with a Nobel Peace Prize winning group about children and war because of complaints it would be about Gaza. Children in Gaza are the ones unsafe

Why the ABC’s independence being compromised had to be exposed. You can watch full episode of We Used to be Journos here Hosted by @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social youtu.be/qDn2m-RFCy4?...

You won’t wanna miss the first episode of We Used to be Journos with @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social and @janfran.bsky.social Watch in full youtu.be/qDn2m-RFCy4?...

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