Bill Birnbauer

Journalist, academic, PhD, aikido.
Democracy's Watchdogs: @DemoWatchOrg US nonprofit journalism:

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Journalism toolkit available https://t.co/vSAPdoNGSc

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Phil Dickie, an old-school, shoe-leather journalist, persisted investigating in the face of more than 20 defamation writs, a bullet fired into his then girlfriend’s house.
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Doesn’t get much clearer than this

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Congratulations to Zac Nikolovski (UTS) for winning Democracy's Watchdogs' 2025 award for investigative reporting. Congrats also to highly commended Madaleine Mansfield (Ara, NZ) and Katherine Everest (Melb Uni).
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Journalists' views on the impact of AI on journalism and the up-and-comers in the field. https://t.co/bneErNA2AT

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Deadline December 12 is close. Oz and NZ journo students: if you have a story that reveals something, enter now. Winner receives $1000, trophy and heaps CV kudos. https://t.co/O38extTAgj @DemoWatchOrg

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Two weeks to deadline: https://t.co/w7AdDGXURM
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Interviews with @CharlotteGriev1 and lawyer Dean Levitan on a landmark case that may advance investigative journalism in Australia.
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Investigative and public interest journalists publishing without big media protection. Could be a new trend?
New series, Indie Watchdogs
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Now open to Australian and New Zealand uni students doing journalism. Investigative/ in-depth/ public interest story entries.
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Interesting piece from legendary journo Chris Masters: How is that an Aussie fair go, for the War Memorial to change the rules at half-time? https://t.co/Y8QQnZq1OC

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WTF.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 Fox News just aired one of the most dangerous things ever said on live TV.

Brian Kilmeade, while discussing crime and homelessness, floated the idea of “involuntary lethal injection” for mentally ill homeless people.

His exact words:

“Just kill them.”

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Thrilled that @AttardMon has joined the board of Democracy's Watchdogs. Looking forward to working with such a talented and energetic journalist and academic. It'll be fun! @JERAAus @ABCmediawatch @walkleys @MelbPressClub @BillBirnbauer #Journalism

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“These are words with nothing behind them. They have no purchase on reality, no logical coherence, no meaningful information to convey. They are greasy bubbles that pop the moment they touch anything.” James Ley on UNSW’s announcement of a deal with OpenAI
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Another leaf from Trump's game play. Blaming the media is the go when there's nothing left to blame ... except oneself.

[Sophie McNeill @Sophiemcneill]

This is absolutely disgraceful from @PeterDutton_MP #federalelection2025

[UTS Journalism @CentralNewsUTS]

Well done Melbourne Uni’s Brendan Kearns for winning this year’s @DemoWatchOrg Prize for investigative journalism, with a great story on Red Bull. And big up to @BillBirnbauer for running this important student journalism award, which encourages vision, integrity & determination.

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Don't the time to watch my interview with veteran media lawyer Peter Bartlett? Now you can listen to it while doing other stuff. https://t.co/nzL6wipDHx

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My interview with media lawyer Peter Bartlett who's been involved in the biggest defamation cases in Australia over many decades: https://t.co/QnCc8n9VAr
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