Resistance is futile

22 June 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill What if I told you your day and almost every decision you make is shaped by something you're normally unaware of?...

Eyes Wide Shut

6 June 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill It's becoming nearly impossible to navigate your way through the AI debate. From the endless hype from boosters inside the AI...

How Radio Got Owned – Part 2

30 May 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill Last week I wrote about how copyright was used to strangle the radio industry as podcasting and streaming took hold. This...

How Radio Got Owned – Part 1

22 May 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill One of the bottlenecks in any creative enterprise is copyright. If you work in radio, you've probably run into this wall...

Exit Stage! Right?

20 May 2025 Comment from Peter Saxon I’m sure that the stage direction “exit stage right (or left)” predates the plays of Shakespeare. As far back as the...

Radio’s Biggest Challenge

14 May 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill As someone who has become a taxi driver to two teenagers, I can tell you journeys are now fairly quiet affairs....

Radio’s Holy Grail: A Great Duo

5 May 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill It should be a given that radio is all about talent. I've written before that your goal in audio is to...

Radio Is People

28 April 2025 Content by Anthony Dockrill The news about the Thy AI-generated radio host has been making waves around the world. Many people have already expressed concerns...

Key difference between radio and podcasting? Trust

21 April 2025 Content by Anthony DockrillI consider myself a radio person, but I also love podcasts so much that I consider myself a dyed-in-the-wool podcaster.Podcasting is where I’m currently spending my time. Having worked deeply on both sides of the fence, I often think the practices of each are more similar than they are different. Fundamentally, they… Read More

31 years of Show Radio – AFTRS students shine at the Easter Show

18 April 2025 On a glorious Good Friday I braved a bus packed with families to head to the Sydney Royal Easter Show. I wasn’t there to see...

When Was The Last Time You Gave Or Received An Aircheck?

13 April 2025 Contribution by Anthony Dockrill One of the things that surprised me recently while chatting to various radio people was that airchecks aren't always happening regularly...

AI Tools to update your Audio and Podcast Workflow

28 March 2025 Audio may be the oldest of the so-called "new media," but it's also true to say that it's currently getting the most bang for the...

Margaret Throsby on 2SER’s Fourth Estate

11 August 2024 Sydney community radio station 2SER have a weekly podcast and program called Fourth Estate, presented by Tina Quinn, about journalism and media coverage of news....

2SER’s ‘pop up’ bushfire breakfast program looks for answers

20 January 2020 In the midst of an unprecedented bushfire emergency a ‘pop up’ breakfast radio show is presenting rolling coverage and analysis naming and shaming climate denialists. The...

Hints for a great music interview #CBAAConf

3 November 2019 Anthony Dockrill reports At the recent CBAA conference a number of great workshops were held, but there was one I felt was particularly special...

Have conversations that explore the topic: Interviewing tips at #CBAAConf

26 October 2019 A group of current affairs producers and presenters spoke about their programs and gave interviewing tips during the CBAA Conference in Melbourne. Lisa Daniel, the...

2ser launches The Middle

5 November 2018 2ser is launching a new program this week to explore the complex and changing relationships between Australia, China and USA. The Middle will look at...