TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,David TI - Now more than ever: Australia's ABC SN - 9781922633118 U1 - 384.5060994 PY - 2022/// CY - Clayton, Victoria PB - Monash University Publishing KW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation KW - History KW - Broadcast journalism KW - Australia KW - Radio broadcasting KW - Media KW - Public broadcasting KW - Television broadcasting N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Disregard the critics. Australia's ABC, at ninety years of age, is demonstrably more valuable to Australians now than it has ever been. The ABC's home-grown Managing Director, David Anderson, gives us a rare insight into the ABC he knows intimately: a cultural powerhouse where Australian identity is celebrated, democracy is defended, and a very Australian brand of creativity is encouraged to flourish.This is a challenging era for many public broadcasters, with news media consolidation, globalised entertainment streams and unreliable social media. Yet the ABC has never faltered or lost its relevance: on the contrary. This book sets out why Australians turn to their ABC now more than ever for information and news, solace and entertainment, pride and patriotism. Anderson lays out how the ABC will continue to innovate and develop as our essential and beloved national institution over the years leading to its centenary in 2032, and beyond ER -