The Crikey Register of Journalists

One of the features of Crikey.com.au is a series of lists and registers we are developing. In the Media section we have assembled more than 10 lists on different journalists to explore the close relationship between business, politics, media and the public relations industry.

In our first issue we are publishing four lists. They are:

• Journalists Working In The Media Today Who Have Been Press Secretaries For Politicians
• Journalists Who Have Made it in Senior Management
• Journalists Now Or Recently Working For Politicians
• Journalists To PR Agencies
• Journalists Now In Corporate/Govt Affairs Positions
• Former Editors

Some of the other lists that we will publish in the weeks ahead include:

• journalists who have been posted overseas by Australian media outlets
• journalists who have made it into senior management posts
• journalists who have made it working for major foreign media outlets overseas
• what happens to former editors
• political and business journalists with more than 15 years experience who have never “sold out”

We don’t want any of these to be seen as a black lists but rather a constructive means of better understanding journalism and its interface with the political and corporate sectors.