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In 1915, Keith Murdoch was appointed London manager of the United Cable Service, jointly operated by the Sydney Sun and the Melbourne Herald. On his way to London, he visited and reported on the Australian forces in Gallipoli. From his London base, he subsequently operated as a "semi-official" war correspondent, providing both cable services and regular feature articles for the Australian press. His approach to journalism was greatly influenced by the wartime conditions under which he worked and by his mentor, Lord Northclife, proprietor of the London Times and Daily Mail. Drawing on the Keith Murdoch Papers held at the National Library of Australia and on Murdoch's journalism of this period, this article explores Murdoch's developing "journalistic vision" and his desire to influence public opinion in furtherance of the war effort. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the influences that transformed young New Zea-landjournalist Stella Allan (1871-1962) from a committed socialist and feminist to a conservative establishment figure who edited the women's pages of the Melbourne Argus for three decades. It considers the stultifying effects of women's page journalism and the influence of a notably conservative paper on her social and political views. It also uncovers biographical information pointing out social and gender pressures at the beginning of the 20th century that led her to conform to the conservative views of her husband, an Oxford-educated former Foreign Office diplomat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]