Asia Pacific Media Educator
Abstract
Non-Aboriginal journalists seldom get to meet and talk with Aboriginal people about their life and beliefs, and this often results in narrow and misinformed reporting. This paper reports on a new initiative between the Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health (CUCRH) and the journalism program at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, Western Australia to help journalism students achieve a better understanding of Aboriginal communities and culture, and, consequently, a more informed approach to their reporting of Aboriginal issues. In July 2008, eight final-year ECU journalism students spent a month with Aboriginal communities in two Western Australian towns. The placement was offered again in July 2010.
Recommended Citation
Cullen, Trevor, Student journalists learn about Aboriginal communities and culture in Western Australia, Asia Pacific Media Educator, 20, 2010, 153-162.Available at:https://ro.uow.edu.au/apme/vol1/iss20/14
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