Australia’s Media Have Systematically Thwarted Aboriginal Aspirations
Amy Thomas, Andrew Jakubowicz, and Heidi Norman, The Guardian, June 2020.
30 Years of ‘Speaking Out’
A look back at Australia's first national radio program produced and presented by Indigenous broadcasters changed the game in Black media.
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.
Black Lives Matter with IndigenousX
A panel discussion curated by IndigenousX exploring how state sanctioned violence is enabled and protected by racist ideology, and the role of protests in achieving reform.
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.
#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.
Future Voices: Decolonising Australian Media
This event brought together First Nations women working in community, media and journalism for a discussion about the tensions between their work and the white feminism that often characterises Australian media narratives as part of the Broadly Speaking series.
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.
Converge 2019 (part 1)
Boe Spearim travelled to Alice Springs for the 2019 Converge conference host by First Nations Media Australia. Boe speaks with James Saunders from IndigenousX, Lola Forester from Koori Radio and Damien Williams from CAAMA Radio. Let’s Talk, 98.9fm, November 2019.
Converge 2019 (part 2)
Boe Spearim travelled to Alice Springs for the 2019 Converge conference host by First Nations Media Australia. Boe speaks with James Saunders from IndigenousX, Lola Forester from Koori Radio and Damien Williams from CAAMA Radio. Let’s Talk, 98.9fm, November 2019.
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.
Diversity in the Media
Journalist, radio presenter, and producer, Nicola Joseph discusses with Areej Nur the need for diversity within our media and Media Diversity Australia’s recent report that outlined how behind our country’s media landscape is when it comes to representation.
Decentring White Privilege
Panel discussion bringing together community broadcasting practitioners and researchers, both academic and community-based, to engage in candid and critical discussions on decolonisation and decentring whiteness in community media.
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.
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.
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.
Naomi Moran on First Nations news & communications through social media
First Nations Media Australia calls for the immediate reinstatement of First Nations media organisation Facebook pages blocked last Thursday in response to the Government’s proposed Mandatory News Bargaining Code.
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.
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.