I’m an ideas man…

Broadly curious, deeply engaged; a writer, a reader, a listener, a restless thinker, a zealous debater. A media junkie for whom interventions have failed, as much an occupational hazard as it is an obsessive hobby. A life-long devotee of dead tree media not afraid to get his fingers ink-stained for a great broadsheet read, but excited by the opportunities of digital convergence and a paperless media future (you can be both).

An unabashed cynic of politics and the spin machine, an unashamed romantic about the place and power of journalism. Fiercely independent and even-handed when the job calls for it, but with stubbornly passionate beliefs on media, democracy and how a world that puts its people and environment first should operate (you can be both of those, too).

The ears prick over matters of big political ideas and ideology, policy and state, international affairs and justice, the science of demographics and the issues of future planning (really sexy topics like infrastructure and transport and urban development), climate change and environmental protectionism, the politics and patriotism of sport, the finer arts and pop culture obsessions (including many of my own), social issues and the rights of minorities, and over the stories of inspiration and complex psychologies of individuals.

The views here, naturally, are my own and more than likely don’t reflect those of my employer or any of the publications I work on. I’m comfortable with the separation; bosses will let me know if they aren’t.

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