1. About Us
(The Campaign/About Us)

...n site for working journalists and editorial staff at print publications and websites including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Age/Sunday Age, The Australian Financial Review, Business...

2. Richard Glover's Pledge
(The Campaign/Actions)

...rking for Australia’s best newspapers. Yours truly, Richard Glover Columnist Spectrum The Sydney Morning Herald   Alan Davison Alan Kennedy Alan Moir ...

3. Fair Go, Fairfax: Don't discount journalism
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... Fairfax has long been a benchmark of quality journalism. For many years, the Melbourne Age and The Sydney Morning Herald appeared in the list of the top-20 best newspapers in the world. They were gut...

4. Mike Carlton sacked for refusing to file column
(The Campaign/In The News)

RADIO broadcaster and Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton has been sacked for refusing to write his weekly column during a strike. Read more.

5. Fairfax cuts spell decline of excellence
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...he workforce - including more than 120 journalists from the group's most prestigious mastheads, The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne's The Age. He believes, as I do, that the job cuts inevitably...

6. Redundancies: Full Picture Revealed
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ms by Fairfax chief executive officer David Kirk that these cuts will not affect the quality of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald. It is impossible to remove so many experienced, dedicated ...

7. Media Alliance alert: Company threat to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...her unprotected action would take place and that staff were prepared to return to work as usual, on Monday morning, and thereafter, with no further bans in place. Your representatives reminded t...

8. ACTU: Fairfax job cuts go too far
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

.... The decision that up to a third of those job cuts will come from the editorial departments of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age will not only hurt the workers affected, but will do long-term dam...

9. Holding Fire On Picket Lines At Printers
(The Campaign/Actions)

... its sacking of popular columnist Mike Carlton after he refused to file his Saturday column for The Sydney Morning Herald. The ABC’s Richard Glover has drafted a letter of support of Mike Carlton – ad...

10. The Thin Black Line
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

... rampage against the civilians of East Timor, The Age’s Jakarta correspondent, Lindsay Murdoch, The Sydney Morning Herald’s Hamish McDonald and Louise Williams, and Indonesian-based journalist Zannuba...

11. Caucus told Fairfax redundancies threaten democracy
(The Campaign/Editorial)

PROPOSED retrenchments at Fairfax are putting in danger the quality of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, a Federal Government parliamentary secretary, John Murphy, says. Mr Murphy, who has a lon

12. Enterprise Agreement Breakthrough
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...to do. There will be a formal proposal to vote later this week. There will be a Welcome Back BBQ tomorrow morning from 8.30am at ODI in Sydney before a return en masse at 9.30am.For all other office...

13. Richard Glover takes the pledge!
(The Campaign/Actions)

...its sacking of popular columnist Mike Carlton after he refused to file his Saturday column for The Sydney Morning Herald. The ABC’s Richard Glover has drafted a letter of support of Mike Carlton – a...

14. Richard Glover interviews Alan Oakley
(The Campaign/In The News)

...e newspaper as a result. On the 702 Drive show, Richard Glover spoke to Alan Oakley Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/files/alan_oakley.mp3  ...

15. We're right behind you say Murdoch journos
(The Campaign/Letters of Support)

... and the corporate sector in the interests of democracy. Cutting journalist numbers at The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and other Fairfax publications will affect the overall ability of the media to...

16. Our Facebook group hits 2000 members
(The Campaign/Editorial)

Thanks to all our Facebook friends who have recruited more than 2000 members - it's been a staggering response. Your support for quality journalism at Fairfax Media has been tremendous. But this campa

17. Fairfax Members Vote To Strike
(The Campaign/Actions)

...mediately until Monday. The strike will affect the company's two biggest-selling newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in Melbourne. Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance federal secr...

18. Staff continue the battle
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...g-term damage to the company. In particular, the decision to abolish the in-house legal team at the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald is seen as a deliberate attempt to “dumb down” the newspapers a...

19. ABC PM: Fairfax standing ground over journalist strike
(The Campaign/In The News)

...ain future after the company maintained it would use strike-breakers to publish its newspapers, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review. The journalists are on strike un...

20. Fairfax directors’ $22 million dividend
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...pay the mortgage and other bills. And their colleagues who remain at Fairfax newspapers like The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age will be fighting to produce quality journalism after 14% of their ...

21. 550 jobs go while Fairfax chiefs get paid $11.67 million
(The Campaign/Editorial)

... Fairfax newspapers. Of the 550 jobs to be lost, 120 editorial positions will be culled from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and The Age - up to 14% of the editorial staff of those papers...

22. Fairfax shares hit new 12-month low
(The Campaign/In The News)

This morning, Fairfax shares broke below $2.57 - their previous 12-month low - and touched on a new low-water mark of $2.50.  This comes just days after CEO David Kirk completed an international

23. 300 plus - readers demand Carlton's reinstatement
(The Campaign/In The News)

...inside Fairfax Media to reinstate high-profile columnist Mike Carlton as its flagship newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald is flooded with letters from readers protesting about his abrupt sacking. Read...

24. SMH owner Fairfax Media to cut 550 jobs
(The Campaign/In The News)

Fairfax Media, the owner of the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, has today announced that it will axe 550 jobs as part of a cost-cutting programme to reduce its workforce by 5%. Shocke

25. 14% staff cut 'increased commitment to quality'
(The Campaign/In The News)

The redundancies announced at The Sydney Morning Herald will reduce up to 12% of the newspaper's editorial staff. The redundancies at The Age translate to a loss of up to 14% of editorial staff. But t

26. Fairfax Media journalists on strike
(The Campaign/In The News)

Journalists at the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and the Melbourne Age walked out on strike today in protest at owner Fairfax Media's plan to cut 550 jobs. Read full story.

27. Fairfax's finest line up to leave SMH
(The Campaign/In The News)

SOME of the longest-serving reporters at Fairfax Media's Sydney flagship newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, will be told from today whether their applications to be made redundant have been appr

28. The Age has refused to let some senior journos go
(The Campaign/In The News)

...r Fairfax puts away the axe after slashing more than 100 editorial staff from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more ...

29. Low-quality journalism erodes the Fairfax brands
(The Campaign/In The News)

...arent” brand, the bulk of general awareness and connection lies with its masthead brands (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, etc). So the impact of the personnel cuts and resulting questions and perce...

30. New CEO's message to staff
(The Campaign/Editorial)

...ore Christmas.  I look forward to meeting as many of the staff as possible, starting with The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald and The Australian Financial Review today.  I shall be m...