Cassie Derrick
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Off on parental leave! contact MEAA via [email protected] - Media Section Director @withmeaa on stolen Gadigal land. Views are mine. She/her.
Joined March 2017
RT @NabilAlNashar: “Why have journalists in Australia been relatively quiet about the grave attacks on press freedom [in Gaza]? And what…
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Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them. https://t.co/xsgjSQlSBf
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The ABC must commission an independent inquiry into the broadcaster’s independence from outside interference and apologise for allowing external pressure to influence the dismissal of Antoinette Lattouf and attempts to have other journalists sacked. https://t.co/mdAOGc8Yg0
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Solidarity with middle eastern journos at ABC, dozens of whom have told me about the racist abuse they regularly cop while doing their jobs serving the public. Your employer may not have your back but @withMEAA members do. We won’t stand for this.
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Shabby treatment of @plalor by SEN. Ethical journalists are able to separate their personal opinions from their professional work. Media employers should be backing their staff, not caving into external pressure from those who disagree with presenters' personal views.
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Cricket reporter Peter Lalor has received support from the Australian opener Usman Khawaja after the journalist was told he could not cover cricket for SEN any more due to his social media support of...
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Media release: Journalists at Nine Publishing mastheads will return to work this morning from a five day strike and are ready to resume negotiations with management. https://t.co/vljf1ujpE6
#MEAAmedia #DontTorchJournalism
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Nick McKenzie puts it well: "They believe in journalism ... and what they're asking for is some support from management to do that journalism." #DontTorchJournalism
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Breaking my mat-leave twitter ban for this huge moment! The public needs journalism we can trust, told by diverse, accountable human beings who prioritise ethics and quality. All journalists who write for nine, whether in-house or freelance, are standing together for this! ✊✊
Freelancers are standing with staff today to demand that Nine comes to the table with a good offer for all workers. Freelancers at Nine this year are fighting for a signed agreement with annual increases, fair rates, and key conditions; so that they can have the security to
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This Saturday is #WorldBipolarDay. This has been one of the hardest and most personal things I have ever written, but hopeful it starts a conversation. Please read and share– ‘I lost my journalism job due to a bipolar episode. Workplaces need to do better’
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Introduction by Croakey: Workplaces need to do much better at supporting staff who have complex mental health needs, according to
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It’s been a year since ABC management formally agreed to conducting a gender and race pay gap audit to structural address workplace inequality, in return for workers calling off industrial action. Your staff held up their side of this deal ABC, why haven’t you held up yours?
Media release: #MEAAmedia members at the ABC have called off a strike that was planned for tomorrow after reaching in-principle agreement with management for a new workplace deal. https://t.co/1phdMh0NrB
#dontdiscountabc
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Staff also called for the ABC to stop wasting public funds in defending the unfair dismissal case against @antoinette_news, apologise to her and the public, and reinstate her to a role on the ABC airwaves.
Media release: Editorial staff at the ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior managers over the broadcaster’s handling of complaints. https://t.co/gerZTDKOoI
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‘We can't guarantee this job will provide a liveable income; it will, however, enable you to generate a sizeable chunk of pocket money, while at the same time making an unmistakably positive impact on society.’ Nope. Get in the bin. Pay freelancers what they are worth @withMEAA
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Journalists of colour face racism and harassment like this on a daily basis while doing their jobs in informing the public. We stand with @NabilAlNashar and all diverse workers. Employers must do more to stand by and protect their staff from psychosocial hazards online and in
Just a small sample of the casual #racism I sometimes cop as an Arab Australian journalist 🤌🏽 Notice how polite I was to him before he declared immigrants are the root of all problems. I was covering a hit and run by the way…but I guess the culprit is always “immigrants”.
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Just a small sample of the casual #racism I sometimes cop as an Arab Australian journalist 🤌🏽 Notice how polite I was to him before he declared immigrants are the root of all problems. I was covering a hit and run by the way…but I guess the culprit is always “immigrants”.
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