Tai Neilson is the author of Journalism and Digital Labor: Experiences of Online News Production and a lecturer in media at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His research investigates the political economy of digital media and journalists’ work practices and professional ideologies.

02.26.2021

• Tai Neilson

The Deal Between Facebook and Australian News Media Won’t Help Journalists

The standoff between Facebook and the Australian government has ended with Facebook agreeing to pay off news companies. But the deal won’t help journalists whose wages and conditions have been under constant attack, unless they start organizing to defend their rights.