Ben Schneiders
benschneiders.bsky.social
Ben Schneiders
@benschneiders.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and author
Amazing what gets forgiven/forgotten
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
That’s a good idea. The death of local
papers has been really bad for the ecosystem. Also left largely unwatched the level of government that is probably the most corrupt
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
It really does. It needs an ecosystem of a big enough reporting staff, and an outlet willing to take the risk to do it. Only a few outlets do it at scale in my view; old Fairfax papers and ABC. Legal costs/risk a big part of it.
October 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Some people doing v good work as solo independent journos or part of small teams. But it’s so precarious and mostly lacks reach/impact. The reality is you still need scale and lot of money to do consistent public interest journalism
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I’ve been to a lot of clubs the last few years. Nothing beats the cevapi the Albanians do at Dandenong Thunder. A 10/10
October 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Heidelberg souvas I’d give a 6/10. The team can beat half the A-League but could learn something from Northcote on souvas
October 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
That should be flare - but there was some flair on the ball too!
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM