Age editor Ramadge: It’s public interest journalism

Tim Burrowes

July 15, 2011 4:03

The editor-in-chief of The Age has responded to today’s accusations that his journalists had behaved inappropriately in accessing an ALP database for a story about it.

In a memo to editorial staff this afternoon, Paul Ramadge wrote:

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.