James Campbell (journalist)

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James Campbell
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMelbourne Grammar School

James Campbell is the national politics editor at the Herald Sun newspaper in Melbourne and a regular commentator on Sky News Australia. He has also written for The Age, The Times newspaper in London, The Punch website, The Spectator and the Institute of Public Affairs Review.[1] He also reported for the BBC on the 2013 Australian federal election.[2]

Early life and career[]

He attended Melbourne Grammar School.[3] In the 1980s, he also appeared as an extra in Australian television series Neighbours and alongside Dame Joan Sutherland in an Australian production of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor.

Prior to becoming a journalist, Campbell worked as a Liberal staffer, advising Helen Shardey, the Victorian Shadow Minister for Health at the time.[4]

Career[]

In 2010, Campbell won the Grant Hattam Quill Award for Investigative Journalism in any Medium from the Melbourne Press Club for a story about the conduct of the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions Jeremy Rapke that led to his resignation.[5]

In 2013, he became the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun's political editor and broke a story based on secret tapes discussing highly sensitive political matters that he says led to the sudden resignation of Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu.[6] Campbell subsequently won the 2013 Monash University Gold Quill and the Walkley Foundation's 2013 "Scoop of the Year" for the story.[7][8]

Controversies[]

On 9 June 2021, Sydney University researcher Dr Alexandra Garcia published a corpus linguistics analysis of reporting about LGBTI Australians by the Herald Sun and affiliated Newscorp mastheads the Daily Telegraph and The Australian. [9] Following an analysis of more than one million published words, Dr Garcia concluded that the Herald Sun and its associated publications covered transgender people and issues substantially more than any other organization, and the coverage was found to be overwhelmingly negative, with more than 90% of articles representing transgender Australians in a strongly negative light. The research found that the publication of Advisory Guidelines by the Australian Press Council had not improved the standard of reporting, with most reports and columns being characterised by fear-mongering, misrepresentation of medical science, divisive rhetoric, derogatory language, and suppression and under-representation of the voice of transgender people. One commentator suggested that reporting standards amounted to “outright bombardment of harassment” targeted at transgender Australians, with unethical reports also being exploited by extreme right-wing groups to mobilize hate against minorities. A few days later, the Herald Sun published an opinion article by James Campbell calling transgender Australians a “fad” that “most of us disagree with”, and accusing them of an “Orwellian” erosion of “free speech”. No column space was given to any transgender Australian. [10] Around the same time that Sydney University published its analysis, Dr Ada Chugg of Melbourne University published research showing the impact of societal discrimination and prejudice on transgender Australians. She found that the unemployment rate amongst transgender Australians was three times the national rate, that more than 68% of transgender Australians experienced physical and verbal assault, and 43% had attempted suicide as a result of social marginalisation. [11]

References[]

  1. ^ Campbell, James. "In defence of David Cameron" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Australian election: Gaffes, greed and giant ballot papers". BBC. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Don't believe the lies. What's at stake for rail workers?". Red Flag. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ Campbell, James (16 April 2007). "Pike has let us all down". The Age. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  5. ^ Grant Hattam Quill Award for Investigative Journalism in any Medium: James Campbell, Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne Press Club, 2010, archived from the original on 6 April 2012
  6. ^ Caldwell, Alison (7 March 2013). "Journalist who broke secret police tapes story says it was a catalyst for change". The ABC. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  7. ^ "James Campbell awarded the Gold Quill". Monash University. 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  8. ^ "James Campbell – Scoop of the Year". 2013. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Comment: Sydney University Corpus Lab on Daily Telegraph Reporting Standards about LGBTI, Dr Garcia, Dr Badge". Sydney Corpus Lab, Sydney University. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Campbell, James, "Gender Politics Swamps Left's New Agenda, Daily Telegraph". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Chugg, Dr Ada, "Why Have Nearly Half of Transgender Australians Attempted Suicide, Melbourne University". Melbourne University. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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