Investigative journo Paul Barry joins Crikey
Investigative journalist Paul Barry has joined independent online publisher Crikey in a full time role with a brief to deliver off diary stories.
Barry, a veteran of the ABC and Sydney Morning Herald, told Mumbrella: “I’ll be digging about. I guess it’s the sort of thing I might have done for Four Corners. I’m interested in power and how it works.”
Barry is the author of several books about media and establishment figures including The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond, The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer and Rich Kids, which covered the notorious collapse of One.Tel.
Crikey is published by former SMH editor Eric Beecher. Barry is arguably the most experienced investifgative journalist to have been employed by independent media. He said: “It is brave, but Eric is brave.”
Nice… Crikey really is a powerhouse of journalism these days.
A happy Crikey customer.
Horrible man. Sensationalist, nasty, luddite, gutter ‘journo’ as proved by his recent stint on Media Watch.
Have you read any of his books, Inq? Some of the best about the Australian media.
You’re talking nonsense.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
Several years ago, I sent Stephen Mayne a 50 to keep Crikey going when it was on the bones of its arse. I’m glad I did because I considered it the most important development in Australian journalism for many decades.
Having crossed the river into PR some years ago, I now see the media in a more critical light – and Crikey is vitally important for the way it treats and reports on the media as a player in the political, economic and social dynamic of this country. I hope Paul Barry applies the same critical scrutiny to the media as he does to the other powerbrokers. If so, then my subscription will continue.
I like Paul