Black Stories Matter
The re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has provoked a cultural reckoning about how Black stories are told and is creating new opportunities for the media to disrupt the patterns of the past. Black Stories Matter is an audio series made up of five groundbreaking conversations from media researchers, historians, former policy makers and Aboriginal journalists on how mainstream media has failed in its telling of Black stories. By understanding how the mainstream media has failed, we can also…
Episodes
Chipping away at the fourth wall – fighting media silence and looking to the future
First Nations in Australia have had extraordinary patience in the face of extraordinary denial.
Independent Black Media on sovereignty and self determination
We know that bad reporting can lead to bad policy and this can adversely affect the lives of First Nations people.
A test we have always failed: A history of Aboriginal politics in the media
It was 1992, when Prime Minister Paul Keating spoke to the mostly Aboriginal crowd that had gathered in Redfern Park in inner city Sydney.
Does the Media Fail Aboriginal Political Aspirations?
A white lens has distorted Black stories ever since Captain James Cook took possession of the continent now known as Australia and since that time the interests of settlers have dominated media reporting on Aboriginal people.
Introducing Black Stories Matter
Ever since Captain James Cook evaded British instructions to take possession of the continent now known as Australia “with the consent of the natives”, the interests of settlers have dominated media reporting on Aboriginal people.