Margaret Simons: Going Digital – Canberra Writers Festival

Margaret Simons in conversation with Alex Sloan on Going Digital.

How the ABC Reinvented Itself for the Digital Age

What happens when one of Australia’s most trusted institutions is forced to reinvent itself?

Twenty years ago, 24-hour news, podcasts, on-demand television and an entire world of children’s content on your phone would have seemed unimaginable. Today, they’re central to how we experience the ABC.

Going Digital takes you behind the scenes of that extraordinary transformation. Drawing on candid interviews with key players and Simons’s deep knowledge of Australian media, it reveals the people, power struggles and controversial decisions that reshaped Australia’s public broadcaster.