James Purtill
@jamespurtill
Tech reporter @ABCscience, formerly with @triplejHack. Contact: [email protected]
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30-05-2011 11:12:19
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I've confirmed with Antoinette Lattouf that this post is what ABC News said violated their 'social media policy' & is why they fired her. Human Rights Watch is the world's most prestigious human rights organisation. This is deeply alarming censorship & intimidation by ABC management.
Through the heatwave I've been wondering why we STILL build dark heat-absorbing roads in Australia. Turns out there's an alternative that's not being used- it's a long story of spy planes, hoons, and housing affordability for ABC Science abc.net.au/news/science/2…
In honour of our much missed colleague, the late Darren Osborne. Could you be the 2024 Darren Osborne science cadet? Regionally based? Love science journalism? Want to launch or grow a career, & be mentored by the ABC Science crew & others? APPLY NOW careers.abc.net.au/en/job/503710/…
Malnourished, homeless, orphaned: The horrors for Gaza’s children. A nurse does ops on 6 dead pregnant women to save their babies. Rarely, if ever, has any country killed, injured & orphaned as many children as quickly as Israel is right now. My new column abc.net.au/news/2024-02-1…
1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ So we achieved a rare QUT Digital Media Research Centre trifecta today, with Daniel Angus (he/him) @[email protected], Amanda Lotz, and me all quoted in James Purtill’s piece on Meta’s discontinuation of #NMBC-related payments to Australian news outlets. abc.net.au/news/science/2…
From 'DEI' to 'Birtherism': Only minutes after Kamala Harris announced she would run for president, old tropes and conspiracies about her began to resurface. Our latest for ABC News with Michael Workman James Purtill and Matt Martino. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-2…
Our six-part AI podcast is up for a big award - the Eurekas Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. Hello AI Overlords was presented by me and produced by Jordan Fennell, Erica Vowles and Will Ockenden for ABC Science .... aaaand now this post will be used to train xAI's new LLM australian.museum/get-involved/e…
Hello AI Overlords @jamespurtill Jordan Fennell @erica_vowles is a finalist in the Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Science Journalism. Learn more: youtu.be/UVByR0Z3jXQ #EurekaPrizes ABC News