Former Age editor slams paper’s integrity
Michael Gawenda questions the state of journalism today and raises concerns for young Jewish journalists
Former editor of The Age, Michael Gawenda, has delivered a stinging rebuke of his old newspaper, declaring it has “no heart” and “no intellectual integrity”.
Speaking at an event hosted by Zionism Victoria at Beth Weizmann Community Centre on Thursday night, Gawenda said he could no longer get published in the newspaper he once led.
“I think the Age is terrible, it has got no heart. I think the Age has got no intellectual integrity. I think it’s a really, really bad newspaper,” he told the audience.
Gawenda, who edited The Age from 1997 to 2004, told interviewer Julie Sego that his deepest disappointment is with the state of journalism more broadly.
“I’m disappointed by the fact that what I thought were accepted ethical principles under which journalists operate, under which I operated the whole of my life… turns out it’s not true,” he said.
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