American President Donald Trump is on a media warpath. He's filed a new defamation lawsuit against the New York Times and had a run in with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's America's Editor John Lyons. That's not even mentioning the demise of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Are local journalists "hurting Australia" by asking questions on the world stage? 

How hard is it to make Australian drama and documentaries if you aren't a huge media company? Next Wednesday the 24th of September a new 3 part hybrid drama documentary is launching on SBS and SBS on Demand titled The People vs Robodebt. We look at the peaks and troughs of trying to get local stories made. 

How are the new restrictions on youth social media use going to actually work? Well, we're still a bit unclear on that. New government guidelines were released this week ahead of the policy coming into effect in December but the companies the law will apply to are worried the rules aren't clear enough. 

The Emmy awards produced some surprise headlines this week and it looks like the age of prestige programming is well and truly back in force. 

Guest: Michael Cordell, Creative Director of production company CJZ and Executive Producer of The People Vs Robodebt 

You can binge more episodes of the MediaLand podcast with media insiders Tim Burrowes and Vivienne Kelly on the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find interviews with the big media bosses, the journalists on the ground and the hacks who hunt for the big media scoops. 

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