Award-winning investigative journalist and editor from The Age — and now senior lecturer in journalism at Monash University — Bill Birnbauer discusses Fairfax’s decision to cut subeditors and how important subs are for both a journalist and an editor.
Bill Birnbauer on Fairfax’s decision to outsource subeditorial roles from Matt Mitchell on Vimeo.
Look, I’m sure that Bill is a good bloke and great at what he does, but images of paint drying and grass growing and glaciers “rushing” to the sea come to mind.
Journos interviewing journos. Give me strength ! A Sydney “get to the effing point” impatience ? Maybe.
Poor Bill.