Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Friday 10 November
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
News is still dominated by straight white men. Would genuine diversity – in senior as well as junior positions – change the news we report, and how we report it? Are we seeing recruitment of diverse junior journalists – and are the attitudes of experienced reporters changing when it comes to representation?
Chaired by Jo Chandler, with Adolfo Aranjuez, Gautam Mishra, Jane Gilmore and Charis Palmer.
New News is presented in partnership with the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne, and Monash University.
Featuring
Adolfo Aranjuez
Adolfo Aranjuez is an editor, writer, speaker and dancer. He is currently the Melbourne International Film Festival’s publications and content manager as well as Liminal magazine’s publication editor; previously, he edited the ...
Gautam Mishra
Gautam Mishra is the CEO of inkl, a premium news service that unlocks articles from the world's best news titles.
Prior to inkl, Gautam was the director of strategy, data and research at Fairfax Media, where he launched and ran online subscriptions for the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.
Charis Palmer
Charis Palmer is deputy editor and head of digital strategy with the Conversation Australia.
After undertaking a Bachelor of International Business, Charis started her career in marketing and product management working for a bank before deciding to throw it all in to start her own publishing and events business. She has been a freelance reporter and also held roles as editor of Business Spectator, Technology Spectator and iTnews. She is particularly interested in new media business models.
Jo Chandler
Jo Chandler is an award-winning freelance Australian journalist, author and editor. She has filed news and features from assignments across sub-Saharan Africa, Papua New Guinea, rural and remote Australia, Antarctica and Afghanistan. She has earned distinctions as an essayist, profile writer and narrative journalist, and is recognised across a range of specialty areas: science; environment; health; human rights; aid and development.
Jo teaches journalism at the University of Melbourne and is editor of The Citizen.
Jo worked for much of her career at the Age, culminating in roles as a Fairfax senior writer and roving national and international correspondent. In 2009 she earned a Walkley Award for commentary and analysis for articles generated by trips to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique.
Jane Gilmore
Jane Gilmore is an author and ex-journalist from Melbourne. Her book, Fixed It: Violence and the Representation of Women in the Media was published in 2019. Her latest book, Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your ...