Blak Bias: Indigenous Media and the Changing News Landscape

For a long time, Indigenous stories were mostly reported by non-Indigenous journalists. But that seems to be changing.

A growing cohort of Indigenous journalists and the rise of the Indigenous digital content creators are making waves across both mainstream and Indigenous media. Lachlan Skinner, founder of the first Indigenous internet radio station, One Mob Radio on Gumbaynggirr country, and James Saunders, former Chief Operating Officer of IndigenousX.com.au discuss the changing Indigenous media landscape, and the new platforms and initiatives shaking things up.

*Please note, at the time of recording James Saunders was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of IndigenousX.com.au but he is now the former COO.

Blak Bias is a collaboration between IndigenousX.com.au, the University of Technology Sydney, (UTS), and 2SER Radio. It has been made possible with the support of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI).

Co-hosts: Rhianna Patrick and Madeline Hayman-Reber. Produced, edited, and mixed by Marlene Even at 2SER Radio.

More information:

Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories study: https://bit.ly/3PAXPjW

Does the media fail Aboriginal political aspirations: 45 years of news media reporting key political moments - https://bit.ly/3z4MSAm

Listen to One Mob: https://onemobradio.com.au/

Tile artwork:

“Buldyan” (Grandfather), 2018 by Shannon Foster

Commissioned for the Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges at UTS.

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