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dc.contributor.authorThomson, Chris
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Dawn
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, M.
dc.contributor.authorMason, B.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:44:57Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:44:57Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationThomson, C. and Bennett, D. and Johnston, M. and Mason, B. 2015. Why the where matters: A sense of place imperative for teaching better Indigenous affairs reporting. Pacific Journalism Review. 21 (2): pp. 141-161.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14638
dc.description.abstract

Much Indigenous affairs journalism in the Western Australian state capital of Perth reproduces colonial discourse and perpetuates racist stereotypes of Aboriginal people. Against this background the traditional custodians of Perth, the Noongar people, have struggled to find a media voice. Meanwhile, observers in several countries have critiqued a shift from journalism about specific places toward journalism concerned with no place in particular. Spurred by globalisation, this shift has de-emphasised the ‘where?’ question in the ‘what, where, who, why, how and when?’ template of journalistic investigation. Reporting from a project in which journalism students collaborated with Noongar community organisations, we argue that an understanding of Indigenous Australians’ profound connection to place can inform journalists about the underlying character of places about which they report. We suggest that working with Indigenous people can transform the way journalists conceptualise their careers, and help secure a sense of place for Indigenous people in the media. Finally, collaborating with Indigenous people can teach journalists to view their professional practices through a sense of place lens, re-emphasising the ‘where?’ question in its application to both geographic place and the realm of a journalist’s imagination.

dc.relation.urihttp://www.pjreview.info/articles/why-where-matters-sense-place-imperative-teaching-better-indigenous-affairs-reporting-1051
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleWhy the where matters: A sense of place imperative for teaching better Indigenous affairs reporting
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume21
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage141
dcterms.source.endPage161
dcterms.source.titlePacific Journalism Review
curtin.departmentDepartment of Journalism
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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