ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the expanding civic role and challenges for investigative journalists using digital and social media. The chapter includes conversations with Danielle Cronin (national deputy editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), as well as Professor Philip Howard (director of the Oxford Internet Institute), along with Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas (director of the ARC Centre of Excellence at RMIT University). They share their insights into setting an agenda of priorities for research and practice about public interest journalism. This chapter is an edited transcription of their conversations with the author, Dr Caryn Coatney, for a panel session sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.
