ensure we continue to be a compelling part of lives of our audience. We need to be respectful of our past but not captive to it. My message to the ABC staff has been clear -- the forces being unleashed on media organisations are unprecedented and, in the words of former Intel boss Andy Grove, "only the paranoid will survive". But for all that -- despite all the gloom and the prospect of bleak news, I hope that those who will most use this book, the journalism students, can be excited about what still lies ahead for them if they get the opportunity to find and tell Australian stories. In our experience at the ABC, from the smallest town to the biggest city, there is an endless appetite for Australian stories, well told. In his marvellous poem on Odysseus, Cavafy writes of the long journey of the war hero back to his home in Ithaca -- long delayed and interrupted, at times lost, detained and stalled. But the real experience comes not at finally reaching home -- the career goal - the big job -- the fulfilled ambition. Instead, a long journey makes you: wealthy with all you have gained on the way, not expecting Ithaca to make you rich. Ithaca gave you the marvellous journey. I think there are still marvellous journeys to be had down the road of journalism. Firstly, there has never been a larger and more accessible audience for news and information. More than ever, people