First Nations Media Training

Build your confidence and skills in telling your story, your way.  Speak up on issues that affect your community. Learn how to engage with the media to shift the narrative and build First Nations justice. 

The workshop, led by the Economic Media Centre (EMC), is based on the principles from the Passing the Message Stick, a groundbreaking message research project that has been designed to find the messages that build widespread support for transformative change on First Nations justice and self-determination.

As part of the training, we will share insights on the latest messaging research, which was designed to find persuasive messages on key issues relevant to our current political context including truth-telling, treaty, and representation.

 

OUTCOMES AND SKILLS

You’ll learn the practical skills you need to tell your story, speak up on issues that impact your community, engage with journalists, use strong messages and do media interviews. In the workshop you will find out more about:

  • How the media operates and how to get your story into the news

  • How to prepare for and do a great media interview

  • How to use the media to shift conversations and win change

WHERE & WHEN

  • When: Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 November  10.00am - 2.00pm AEDT

  • Where: Online via Zoom

COST

This training is at no cost for First Nations advocates and community.

LEAD FACILITATOR

The workshop will be facilitated by Jedda Costa, a Wemba Wemba, Yorta Yorta and Mutti Mutti woman and the new Senior First Nations Media Advisor at the EMC. Previously Jedda worked as a cross-platform journalist specialising in Indigenous affairs and reporting on regional communities.

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

This workshop is designed for and by First Nations advocates, activists, leaders and campaigners to use our strength in storytelling to learn more about using the media to campaign for change, in a supportive environment.

ACCESSIBILITY

We will work with you to support you to fully participate in the training.

We ask for any access needs in the expression of interest form—let us know what you need in that form. When we accept you for a place in training, we will double-check if you have any additional access needs that we are not yet aware of.

Click here to read about our accessibility measures. If you have different access needs or need other measures to fully participate, please let us know when applying for the training, and we will contact you directly.

For questions or more information, contact Erica Ransley via erica@australianprogress.org.au.

APPLY

Please apply for the First Nations Media Training below. For questions or more information, contact Jedda Costa via jedda@economicmediacentre.org.