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Matthew Ricketson

Matthew Ricketson is professor of journalism at the University of Canberra and a former Media and Communications editor for the Age. icon

How To Scuttle A Public Broadcaster

By Patrick Mullins & Matthew Ricketson

On the 100th anniversary of the founding of the BBC, national public broadcasters across the world are still subject to constant spurious attacks.

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