Reflection on two discussions about the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency at Storyology 2017, a conference on media and journalism in Brisbane.

Despite taking place in a different hemisphere, Storyology 2017 could not possibly ignore the phenomenon that in the last 12 months has altered the worldwide media landscape in such a disorienting, unprecedented way. This is, of course, the election to the White House, and the continuing behaviour and language, of Donald Trump.

Saturday at Storyology in Brisbane therefore saw two sessions that attempted to make sense of the consequences of Trump’s success for increasingly bewildered, scrambling media outlets, and offer an explanation of exactly how and why he managed to defeat Hillary Clinton in November last year.

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