Sat, 22nd, Nov, 2025: Scott Mitchell, Lamestream Media; What’s Really Going on in the Australian News Media, Where the Influence Lies?
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Nevena and Macca are joined live in the studio by Scott Mitchell, Lamestream Media; What’s Really Going on in the Australian News Media, Where the Influence Lies?
Lamestream is an independent news publication tackling the crisis in media. Their podcasts and newsletters cover how the media shapes news, culture, politics and current affairs, and how the industry’s transformation is reshaping the world we live in.\
Lamestream is hosted by award-winning journalists Osman Faruqi and Scott Mitchell. Between them, they have worked for almost every media organisation in the country.
With Lamestream, they’re using their experience, insight and contacts to help listeners make sense of how media and political institutions really work. They’ll share inside secrets, spill goss and break their own stories to unpack what’s really going on.
Osman Faruqi is an Australian Podcast Award and Kennedy Award-winning journalist and editor. He has worked as the Editor and Executive Producer of 7am and most recently was the Culture Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He has also worked as a journalist and editor at the ABC. He previously hosted the award-winning podcasts The Culture and The Drop.
Scott Mitchell is an Australian Podcast Award-winning journalist and editor. He most recently served as Editor and Executive Producer of the 7am podcast. Previously, he’s served as Digital Lead for the Audio Current Affairs division at ABC News, was a founding producer of the Rose d’Or-winning TV show You Can’t Ask That, and was one of the cast of ABC TV’s Hungry Beast.
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