New directions – A personal crisis changes Gaven Morris’ outlook as he brings news into the future PART 2

Curveball

Gaven Morris has put his doubts aside and stepped into a leadership role at the ABC, but his trials are far from over.

While he’s trying to un-learn everything he was taught as a journalist in order to become a more open-minded, proactive leader, life starts to unravel around him.

Family illnesses and a workplace tragedy that kills several of his colleagues shatter the foundations of Gaven’s work life.

And looming large at all times is the rapidly changing media landscape. How do you define the ABC when the B isn’t in the name anymore? What does news look like in a post-broadcast world? And how do you lead for that type of radical disruption?

In part 2, Gaven Morris has to find his centre again, all while trying to convince bastions of traditional media that the future isn’t as dark as it may seem.

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