Morning and welcome to Tuesday. All of today's hard copy dailies - due to the time difference - weren't able to report on the much anticipated meeting between PM Albanese and President Trump at The White House, the public bit of which wrapped up just past 6am our time this morning. So a quick couple of links to the digital editions and then we'll get into the print papers proper, but long story short - no dramas and the signing of an $8.5bn rare earths deal between the US and Australia, plus confirmation AUKUS is on track and will continue. Oh, and confirmation Trump doesn't like ambassador Kevin Rudd - there was a bit of an exchange about that in the one awkward moment of the meeting - and Rudd apologised. For The Australian's digital edition, Geoff Chambers, who's in Washington, Joe Kelly and Anne Barrowclough did the honours with excellent rolling coverage, while Josh Butler at Guardian Australia, who is also travelling with the Australian press group, covered the unfoldi

Daily Cargo News (DCN) is Australia's longest-running daily national news publication and publisher Lindsay Reed talks about how it celebrates its enduring legacy while embracing modern media trends.  The publication's rich history dates back to 1891 when it was originally known as the Daily Commercial News to serve the dynamic shipping and maritime logistics industry. "We're very proud of that," Reed told Influencing Insider.  “It's been going in some format or other ever since 1891 and while there was a brief hiatus during wartime, which saw shipping data published retrospectively, DCN has consistently provided crucial information to its audience.” Today, the publication has fully embraced the digital age, with its online platform serving as the "absolute hub" of its operations, says Reed.  DCN publishes seven or more daily news stories throughout each day, covering the shipping and maritime logistics industry, on its website and via an 8am newswire. Beyond daily news,

Guardian Australia’s Ben Smee, (pictured) along with SBS’s Jennifer Luu, Jodie Noyce and Chloe Angelo, are the joint winners of the Queensland Journalist of the Year Award. The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance announced the winners of the 2025 Queensland Clarion Awards, celebrating journalistic excellence across the state. The Journalist of the Year Award went to Guardian Australia’s Ben Smee, and SBS’ Jennifer Luu, Jodie Noyce and Chloe Angelo for their groundbreaking investigation In the Box: Inside the Isolation Cells where Australian Kids are Imprisoned. Judges described the documentary as “a powerful example of public interest journalism at its best”. “This investigation into children being locked up in Queensland watch houses combined compelling vision and high production values with well-researched and impactful storytelling,” they said. “In the Box captured the attention of the viewer, had an impact, and helped lead to change.” Marking the 30

Journalist and communications professional, Paul Wallbank, has today joined The Daily Telegraph, Influencing can confirm. Wallbank’s role at the publication will be as NSW Business Reporter. “I'm genuinely delighted to have the opportunity to get back into reporting. While I was enjoying being in comms, the chance to go back into business journalism was too good to pass over,” Wallbank told Influencing.  The new role follows his departure from the Australian Computer Society in August, where he was first Senior Technology Editor for a year from June 2019, before working as ACS Media and Communications Manager between June 2020 and his departure.  Wallbank spent the two months after departing ACS working at his own communications company, Brilliant Communications.  During the two months, Wallbank said, he’d received several opportunities, and this new job ticked all the boxes. “The interviews went well, and I felt I would fit in well with the team.”  Wallbank

Welcome to Monday and hope you all had a fine weekend. Let's hope PM Albo had a good restful weekend too because this week will be a challenge as he meets, as the Daily Telegraph puts it this morning, 'The Donald', at the White House today.   Several of the dailies carry the picture of our man stepping on board the RAAF jet which took him to the US, alongside a steward who seems a bit more cheerful than the PM. There's no shortage of advice today prior to that crucial meeting and both the Murdoch and Nine papers give plenty of it. The Australian carries an exclusive lead by political editor Geoff Chambers with a good headline, ('Trump tariffs trauma takes off as PM jets out') and that's a story about how businesses are warning the tariffs spree ignited by Trump "are the greatest threat to the global trade system in a century".  In a separate story which begins on the front and dives inside is a piece by ex-foreign minister Alexander Downer who reckons Trump will be mo

Two freelance journalists were assaulted in Delhi’s Khayala area earlier this week while reporting on the impact of the government’s crackdown on local jeans manufacturing units. The journalists, Vipul Kumar and Omair Farooq, were “manhandled and abused” by a mob while documenting the situation for The Migration Story.  According to Vipul Kumar’s LinkedIn post, the attack occurred when they were filming B-roll footage in a narrow lane where several jeans workshops run by migrant families had been shut following political tensions. “After filming interviews and roaming around the whole area, we came back to the same street, went about 50 meters inside, and started taking some B-rolls. In no time, a mob came and started abusing us for filming. ‘Who allowed you to film here bc?’ one of them shouted at us. This man shouted so loudly and with such a heavy voice that it felt like he had some decade-old grudge against us and had just found the chance to vent it out,” h