Bronwen Clune

Startup & VC correspondent at Capital Brief

Bronwen joined Capital Brief after working across the media and startups the last 15 years. She has also worked for both state and federal government helping foster innovation. She was part of the founding team at Culture Amp.

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Media Extinction or Evolution: If Tech is Eating Journalism, Who’s Watching the Watchdogs?

As independent journalism crumbles and AI-generated content floods the internet, who’s left to hold power to account? Tech platforms now control distribution, algorithms decide what’s newsworthy, and audiences are drowning in noise. If legacy media is dying, what replaces it - a decentralised, crowd-sourced truth? A world where narratives are dictated by those who shout the loudest? Or can journalism evolve and fight back? This high-stakes debate unpacks the friction between media and technology, exploring whether startups should care about the collapse of traditional journalism - or if they should seize the moment to control their own narratives. Who wins, who loses, and what happens when the watchdogs need watching?