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Eric Beecher takes on media moguls and the health of our democracy in this special crossover between two long-running Wheeler Centre series, The Fifth Estate and Books & Ideas at Montalto.
Eric Beecher is a respected giant of Australian media. As founder of independent news outlet Crikey, he has witnessed the evolution of the media over the last twenty years and seen firsthand how it has shaped democratic society. In this special in-conversation with Sally Warhaft, Beecher will discuss his new book The Men Who Killed the News, which investigates abuses of power in the media and what it's like to be sued by the Murdochs.
Presented in The Restaurant, Beecher and Warhaft will provide insights and expertise over a seasonal two-course menu featuring the very best Montalto estate-grown produce alongside ingredients sourced from across the Peninsula.
Eric Beecher has had a long career in journalism, media and publishing. He started his career as a reporter on the Melbourne Age, spent periods at The Sunday Times and The Observer in London, and at The Washington Post; he was appointed as the youngest-ever editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and later as editor-in-chief of the Melbourne Herald. He then became an independent media owner, launching several media and publishing start-up companies, initially in print and then in digital news publishing. He is currently chair and the largest shareholder in Private Media, owner of several Australian news websites, including Crikey.
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians' lives in the fog of the Covid-19 pandemic. She is a former editor of the Monthly magazine and the author of the bestselling book Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia.
Sally is a regular host and commentator on ABC radio and has a PhD in anthropology. She did her fieldwork in Mumbai, India, living by the seashore with the local fishing community.
