It’s been a bright week for journalism amidst an otherwise bleak landscape.

Money is being pumped back into the industry from various philanthropic sources in Australia to support investigations and inquiry.

Eliza is reading about one of the legends of the job, Seymour Hersh. He broke the story about the horrific My Lai massacre in the Vietnam War, the first of many groundbreaking investigations.

It prompts Eliza and her Mum Geraldine to discuss their heroes and the future of the industry today.

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Crikey’s new investigations team

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/02/11/fairfax-investigative-news-website/

The Neilson Foundation https://neilsonfoundation.org.au

Commentary on the Neilson Foundation https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/nov/28/philanthropist-judith-neilson-to-fund-a-100m-institute-for-journalism-in-sydney

Lowy Institute https://www.lowyinstitute.org

Seymour Hersh – Killing Bin Laden https://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n10/seymour-m-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden

Review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/18/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden-review-seymour-m-hersh-abbottabad-syria-sarin-al-nusra-government

One Hundred Years of Dirt – Rick Morton

https://www.mup.com.au/books/one-hundred-years-of-dirt-electronic-book-text

Jonathan Swan - Axios https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html

Laura Tingle – Follow the Leader Quarterly Essay https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2018/09/follow-the-leader

Paige Taylor https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/asylumseekers-risk-all-for-new-life-often-for-most-perverse-reasons/news-story/fa70d9749450ac4eb11ad970842bbe6a

Chris Masters – The Moonlight State 1987 https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/the-moonlight-state---1987/2832198

Fran Kelly – ABC Radio National https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/fran-kelly/2913202