Accountability - The Point Specials</a>

Accountability - The Point Specials

In this Point Special, John Paul Janke speaks with Catherine Liddle, CEO of First Nations Media Australia and Muriel Bamblett, CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency about how government agencies and institutions can be held to account to ‘Close the Gap’ and make meaningful and lasting reforms for First Nations people. The Point, Season 2020 Episode 4, NITV.

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Blak Newsrooms &amp; New Boardrooms</a>

Blak Newsrooms & New Boardrooms

NITV Channel Manager & Media Diversity Australia Board member Tanya Orman talks about racism and representation in the NITV newsroom, Kodie Bedford's Twitter thread, an open letter from SBS employees to appoint a BIPOC to News Director, and an open letter to the Melbourne Press Club to recognise the need for greater diversity on its board. Take it Blak podcast (episode 10), NITV online. Co-hosted by Jack Latimore and Rhanna Collins.

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#BlackStoriesMatter Podcast</a>

#BlackStoriesMatter Podcast

Black Stories Matter is a five-part podcast series that brings together media researchers, historians, former policy makers and Aboriginal journalists whose work is disrupting the patterns of the past. The series was inspired by the book Does the Media Fail Aboriginal Political Aspirations: 45 years of news media reporting of key political moments by Amy Thomas, Heidi Norman and Andrew Jakubowicz from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UTS.

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Classroom to Newsroom: Racial Gatekeeping in Australian Media</a>

Classroom to Newsroom: Racial Gatekeeping in Australian Media

A panel discussion that challenges the defence of the status quo and identifies how institutional barriers—from Australian schools and universities all the way to newsroom—work to directly and indirectly exclude Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, non-Indigenous Black and POC journalists and presenters. Hosted by Anya Saravanan, and featuring Areej Nur, Osman Faruqi, Madeline Hayman-Reber and Jim Malo. Jointly presented by 3CR Community Radio's Tuesday Breakfast Team and Democracy in Colour.

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First Nations Journalists in Black Media

First Nations Journalists in Black Media

This morning on Let’s Talk, Dan Rennie shines a light on some of the exceptional work of our First Nations journalists are doing in black media. Qld correspondent for NITV Douglas Smith speaks about his love for telling stories, while Danny Teece Johnson reflects on the challenges surrounding reporting from mainstream media on black issues.

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First Nations Media and the Politics of Listening</a>

First Nations Media and the Politics of Listening

Featuring First Nations media producers Lorena Allam and Summer May Finlay. Allam and Finlay reflect on the politics of listening in their work, including at The Guardian, the ABC, #IHMayDay Indigenous Health MayDay and #JustJustice. Lorena speaks about her award-winning work for Guardian Australia’s Deaths Inside interactive database which tracks Indigenous deaths in custody. Summer May picks up the theme of listening responsibilities and the difficult work of listening to uncomfortable truths. From a plenary address given at the Politics of Listening conference, UNSW, November 2018.

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From the Ground up: New Media and Indigenous Reporting</a>

From the Ground up: New Media and Indigenous Reporting

Media coverage of Indigenous peoples has tended to focus, for a long time, on negatives. It’s also tended, at least in mainstream media, to be dominated by non-Indigenous voices. What do the changes in the media landscape mean for reporting on Indigenous issues? Can new media platforms be harnessed to provide better reporting, representation and recognition of black voices? Hosted by Jack Latimore, with Allan Clarke, Paul Daley, Amy McQuire and Steve Hodder Watt. Part of the 2015 New News program hosted by the Wheeler Centre.

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The importance of Black Media</a>

The importance of Black Media

IndigenousX Business Development and Engagement Manager James Saunders talks about the growth of black media in Australia. ‘The importance of black media cannot be underestimated, it’s the truest purest form of bringing Indigenous voices to the forefront’, Saunders says. Let’s Talk podcast, 98.9fm, August 2020.

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Indigenous Representation in News</a>

Indigenous Representation in News

First Nations journalists, be it as industry professionals or citizen journalists, are the best placed source to report and advise on Indigenous Australia, says Jack Latimore. But they are still underrepresented in mainstream media. Social media and new digital channels are starting to change that. From Not just news to us presented at the Melbourne Knowledge Week. Broadcast on Big Ideas, ABC Radio National, 2018.

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IndigenousX as a form of Digital Disruption</a>

IndigenousX as a form of Digital Disruption

A conversation between Luke Pearson and Dr Sana Nakata for the Indigenous Australia and Digital Futures 2019 Seminar Series, University of Melbourne. They discussed the formation of IndigenousX as a social media project turned independent media platform; and explored some of the past achievements of IndigenousX, looking at how it has played a disruptive role in traditional media and more broadly within the national discourse on Indigenous affairs. They also discussed the challenges IndigenousX faces in establishing itself as a sustainable platform for the promotion and amplification of indigenous voices online.

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In Our Own Words</a>

In Our Own Words

Since the 1980’s, community radio stations have played a pivotal role in challenging racism in the media, while providing a platform for First Nations perspectives and stories. But in 2007 the country’s first Indigenous dedicated national television channel, NITV, hit the airwaves. So how far have we come since then? With Karla Grant, Rachel Hocking and Tanya Denning-Orman.

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