Click to Download - Mark Scott ABC - Managing Director - The ABCs Editorial Values.mp3 (41.92 MB)
Mark Scott is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief. Formerly Editor in Chief, Metropolitan Newspapers, at John Fairfax Holdings Limited - Australasia's largest newspaper publishing group - Mr Scott was appointed to the top executive role in the ABC on the 22nd of May 2006.
In this his first public address as the head of Australia's iconic public broadcaster, Mr Scott announces the release of new editorial policies for the ABC. He confronts the numerous critics of the ABC while embracing the centrality of public broadcasting to the Australian cultural life. His addresss reveals the importance of transparency, accountability and objectivity to creating and maintaining public confidence in the ABC.
Mark Scott, Monday 16 October, 2006