Holding Ashley Stephen Geelan to account since 2019
Ashley Geelan’s membership problem Ashley Geelan likes borrowed credibility. A logo here, a badge there, a line in an email signature saying “Member MEAA, LINA & IFJ.” It looks tidy. It looks professional. It is meant to tell the reader: this is a journalist with standing. The problem is that membership claims are not decoration. […]
There is a special kind of comedy in Ashley Geelan calling himself a “local correspondent”. Local to where, exactly? Because Kinglake does not seem to remember him as a trusted local newsman. It remembers the mess. It remembers the fights. It remembers the threats, the dramas, the online carry-on, and the long-running habit of inserting […]