Yahoo7 convicted and fined $300,000 for contempt of court
Yahoo7 has been convicted and fined $300,000 after Sydney-based reporter Krystal Johnson published a story that led to a Melbourne murder trial being aborted.
Krystal Johnson has been ordered to undertake a two-year good behaviour bond
According to an AAP report published in The Australian, Victorian Supreme Court Justice John Dixon slammed the digital publisher which is jointly owned by Yahoo and Seven West Media for a “serious lack of proper oversight”.
Judge Dixon had earlier found Johnson and Yahoo7 guilty of contempt of court for publishing details about a defendant that could prejudice a jury with the fine intended to be a “real and financial imposition” to make it clear to Yahoo7 and other media companies that contempt of court was “intolerable”.
Hopefully a wake-up call for Yahoo7. I feel sorry for the reporter. They pay peanuts and you’re just not going to get experienced journalists.
Having worked at Yahoo7 I can tell you there were zero subs, her role was to rewrite stories from other websites on a shift by herself. I’m glad the judge saw through the ‘sub editors were busy’ defense.
It’s a sweatshop.
Is it a coincidence that this was advertised today?
https://www.seek.com.au/job/32833070?