Teaching journalism students how to tell Indigenous stories in an informed way: a work integrated learning approach.
Access Status
Authors
Date
2013Type
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Source Title
ISSN
Remarks
NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work in which changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.
Collection
Abstract
Australian journalism schools are full of students who have never met an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person and who do not know their history. Journalism educators are ill-equipped to redress this imbalance as the large majority are themselves non-Indigenous and many have had little or no experience with the coverage of Indigenous issues or knowledge of Indigenous affairs. Such a situation calls for educational approaches that can overcome these disadvantages and empower journalism graduates to move beyond the stereotypes that characterise the representation of Indigenous people in the mainstream media. This paper will explore three different courses in three Australian tertiary journalism education institutions who use Work Integrated Learning approaches to instil the cultural competencies necessary to encourage a more informed reporting of Indigenous issues. The findings from the three projects illustrate the importance of adopting a collaborative approach by industry, the Indigenous community and educators to encourage students’ commitment to quality journalism practices when covering Indigenous issues.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Shahid, Shaouli; Thompson, Sandra (2009)Objective: Cancer among Indigenous populations in the developed world appears to have increased during last few decades. This literature review explores identified issues related to cancer among the Indigenous populations ...
-
Christou, Aliki; Katzenellenbogen, Judith; Thompson, Sandra (2010)Background. Despite a lower incidence of bowel cancer overall, Indigenous Australians are more likely to be diagnosed at an advanced stage when prognosis is poor. Bowel cancer screening is an effective means of reducing ...
-
Digiacomo, Michelle; Davidson, Patricia; Abbott, P.; Davison, J.; Moore, L.; Thompson, S. (2011)Indigenous people throughout the world suffer a higher burden of disease than their non-indigenous counterparts contributing to disproportionate rates of disability. A significant proportion of this disability can be ...