Monday 19 December Journalism and Cultural Diversity
10.00-10.30: Introduction: Journalism and Cultural Diversity
10.30-11.00: SBS Documentary Series Fine Line Episode Five: The taboos in journalism
Episode Five looks at the taboos in journalism, the stories that are not broadly told. Leading journalists Maxine McKew, Ray Martin, Andrew Rule and Brisbane’s Tony Koch talk about the pressure on reporters to censor themselves when reporting on black violence in Aboriginal communities. Finally, we hear the stories of two journalists – one well known, one lesser known - who have struggled with the ethics of chequebook journalism.
Interviewees: Maxine McKew; Tony Koch, Brisbane’s The Courier Mail; Andrew Rule, formerly The Age newspaper, now The Good Weekend; Ray Martin, Nine Network; Jennifer Byrne, formerly 60 Minutes, Nine Network, now ABC TV’s Foreign Correspondent; Peter Charlton, The Courier Mail.
11.00-11.30:Discussion
11.00-11.30:Morning Tea
11.30-1.00: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: a case study
1.00-2.00: Lunch
2.00-2.30: Reporting the World
2.30-3.30: Workshop: Looking at online newspapers from around the world
3.30-4.00: Afternoon Tea
4.00-5.00: Alternative media: reporting subcultures
