Johan Lidberg

Memeber Advisory Board the Global Right to Information Rating - https://www.rti-rating.org

Submission to the senate hearing into the future of public interest journalism in Australia, 2017

Providing advice on the National Action Plan Open Government Partnership, Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Attorney General's Department 2015 - ongoing

Professional development FOI coordinators Victorian state government, 2015

Submission to the Independet Media Inquiry, 2012

Consulted on the reforms of the federal Freedom of Information Act 2010

Gave evidence at the Senate hearing on the Federal FOI Act, 2009

Current Research Projects

2019 -- Pilot study of the culture of administering the Freedom of Information Act in Victoria. In partnership with the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Latest book Anthem Press, 2018: 'In the name of security - secrecy, surveillance and journalism'. http://www.anthempress.com/in-the-name-of-security-secrecy-surveillance-and-journalism

Assessment of the reformed and amended federal FOI system in Australia. The amended federal FOI Act and the new Information Commissioner Act will be active from November 2010. Will they deliver what they promise? Pro-active disclosure of government-held information and greater public access to information held by government agencies?

Global media coverage of climate change. Australian member of 22 nation research round table MediaClimate - https://mediaclimate.net.

• Freedom of Information/Right to Information
• Journalistic/media accountability/regulation/media ethics
• Public broadcasting
• Citizen journalism
• The role of journalism in society
• Journalism and democracy
• Business reporting
• Environmental/climate change reporting
• Political reporting
• Reporting war and conflict

Director of MA Journalism and Double MA with Monash and Warwick university Journalism and International Studies

ATS3786 Journalism, law and ethics

APG5640 Journalism in society

Honours, MA and PhD supervisions