Media company allegedly underpaid young journalists more than $300,000
A media company covering regional Queensland is facing the Federal Circuit Court after it underpaid its journalists more than $300,000.
In total, Touchpoint Media Pty Ltd allegedly underpaid 23 young journalists to the tune of $305,780 between January 2015 and June 2016.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has commenced legal action against Touchpoint Media, as well as company director Laurence Bernard Ward.
…underpaying young journalists is news?
What is new about this?
It would’ve been interesting had Sydney Uni bothered to invite any of the 3 to the same event; in the interest of objectivity.
It’s always good to hear from both sides, and at least give one another the chance to reply.
Journalism is now much more about influencing than informing, and events like this do not seem to suggest otherwise.
This story is incorrect! The Touchpoint Media the author references and uses the logo and imagery from is not that Touchpoint Media.
That Touchpoint Media (where I work) is located in the United States and has nothing to do with this story.
Please correct/take down/fix/not use our imagery, and also next time…
FACT CHECK.
Hi Tom,
Apologies that the wrong images were used in this story. We have updated the images and issued a correction in the story. We acknowledge that your Touch Point Media has nothing to do with the Touch Point Media in this story.
Apologies again for the mistake,
Vivienne – Mumbrella