Alan Sunderland
Alan Sunderland is a director of ABC Alumni and a former Editorial Director of the ABC. He continues his strong interest in editorial standards and media ethics through roles with several other organisations including the Australian Press Council and the Organisation of News Ombudsmen.
Alan's recent articles
16 June 2023
When does news analysis become opinion?
The recent Stan Grant controversy threw up a host of important issues, among them the way in which the ABC supports its staff, diversity in the newsroom and racism. But it also raised the tricky issue of where the ABC draws the line between analysis and opinion, and whether ABC journalists are being given too much freedom to share their views.
18 February 2022
ABC Managing Director David Anderson has released an important and ground-breaking essay on the ABC and its future.
Now More than Ever: Australias ABC (Monash University Publishing) is a passionate and well-argued cri de coeur from a man who has devoted his working life to the public broadcaster, from the mail room to the top office.
27 January 2022
The Morrison government seeks to punish the ABC for doing its job
Governments around the world are targeting public broadcasters for daring to hold the powerful to account the Coalition here is no exception.