Day 2 continues with our fourth parallel presentation session. Themes covered between two rooms are ‘Rural, Regional, and Community Journalism’ and ‘AI, Disinformation and Fact-Checking’ A workshop on strategies to make journalism more inclusive for neurodiverse students is also underway.

Professor Sainath is delivering his keynote speech, Freedom of the Purse and the need for democrastisation of the digital. 1/2

Day One of JERAA 2025 delivered. A powerful keynote from Professor Natalie Fenton, thought provoking panels, fresh research presentations in the breakout sessions and a celebratory book launch to close. We are looking forward to another great day today, and the Ossie Awards tonight.

The three day JERAA Conference 2025 is about to start with a keynote presentation from Professor Natalie Fenton. Yesterday, we delivered professional development workshops and hosted welcome drinks for our presenters and guests, learn more in our Sunday Recap. Hope to see you there today!

The JERAA conference is set to begin! Today we have our ECR Day with professional development sessions for early and mid-career researchers. This evening, welcome drinks begin at 5pm on the QCA Lawn, providing a great opportunity to relax and connect with colleagues. We look forward to seeing you!

Congratulations to Dr Amy McQuire from QUT for being awarded a DECRA ARC grant for a project which argues for a new form of scholarly journalism, grounded in conceptions of Black Justice, as a critical intervention needed to address the ongoing media misreporting of Indigenous affairs.

Excited to start this project with the great Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos. We will map data initiatives carried out by data and investigative journalists in five countries as public data purges and data access to digital platforms become sadly common. #JERAAResearchAward2025 @jeraaaus.bsky.social

Australian Journalism Review is calling for papers for Special Edition: "The Walkley Awards: Examining a 70-Year Legacy as Australia’s Top National Prize for Journalism”. This issue will examine the cultural and social capital the awards have accrued over 70 years. Submissions: lnkd.in/eXx3bdj

Congratulations to the 2025 Anne Dunn Scholar - Professor Colleen Murrell. Read more about Murrell’s outstanding career here: jeraa.org.au/the-anne-dun...

The JERAA executive condemns President Trump’s decision to ban Australian ABC journalists from his UK press conference. We have released this statement affirming that defending journalism is defending democracy: jeraa.org.au/jeraa-statem...

New Zealand is at risk of developing “news deserts” – communities with little or no access to local journalism – according to Dr Gavin Ellis from the Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures. News deserts weaken democracy, reduce social cohesion & increase misinformation. informedfutures.org/news-deserts/

🤔 What do news audiences want from local news? 📰 What do they think is poorly covered or missing? 📝 How involved are news audiences in local news? A forthcoming report is packed with insights about these questions. 🔗 Register to attend the launch: events.humanitix.com/engaged-jour...

A reminder that up to $9,000 is on offer through the Anne Dunn Scholar of the Year Award ($3,000), jointly sponsored by JERAA and AANZCA, and the JERAA Research Award ($6,000). The deadline for both opportunities is 1 August. More information: forms.gle/St4ogPEc28H4... forms.gle/3UcKy3PiAwNA...

There is one month to go until entries close for the Anne Dunn Scholar Award, and the JERAA Research Award. Get your applications in my August 1. Details here: jeraa.org.au/the-anne-dun... jeraa.org.au/research-gra...

JERAA have announced that the Keynote Speaker on the first day of our 2025 conference is Professor Natalie Fenton, Chair of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. Have you submitted your abstract yet? Due date is 30 June: jeraa.org.au/call-for-abs...

A reminder that JERAA conference paper and panel submissions are due in one week - 30 June. More information about the 2025 conference can be found here: jeraa.org.au/call-for-abs...

The JERAA Research Grant provides up to $6,000 to a journalism or media scholar at early or mid-career stage (up to 15 years post-PhD) to support a journalism studies research project. Applications close August 1. Find out more at: jeraa.org.au/research-gra...

A reminder that the Anne Dunn Scholar of the Year award is open for nominations until August 1. The $3000 award recognises excellence in research about the fields of journalism or communications, including but not limited to broadcast media for the public benefit. jeraa.org.au/the-anne-dun...

The Digital News Report: Australia 2025 has been released, exploring audience perspectives on a range of issues such as trust in news, social media, AI, misinformation, local news, and media literacy. Download it here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/cen...

Members of JERAA have condemned the violence directed at 9News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi who appears to have been hit by a rubber bullet shot by a LAPD police officer during LA protests. Read our statement here: jeraa.org.au/jeraa-statem...

The latest issue of Australian Journalism Review is out! Papers explore change in journalism, responsible reporting on mental illness, environmental issues on the media agenda, guidelines for immersive journalism, and the question of who is a journalist in the digital landscape. Link below.

The latest issue of Australian Journalism Review is out which includes Alex Wake and Anna Ross's paper 'Bondi Junction stabbings: Did guidelines for responsible reporting on mental illness and crime work?'. intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

In the washup from the federal election, Matthew Ricketson and Andrew Dodd write in The Conversation: "In its soul-searching, the Coalition should examine its relationship with the media" - particularly News Corp. theconversation.com/in-its-soul-...

In the lead up to World Press Freedom Day on Saturday 3 May, JERAA President Alex Wake has authored this piece for Crikey titled: Amid Dutton’s ‘hate media’ and Trump’s despotism, press freedom is more vital than ever www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/p...

Applications for the Anne Dunn Scholar of the Year award ($3000) and the JERAA Research Grant Scheme ($6000) are now open, with applications closing August 1. More information can be found here: jeraa.org.au/the-anne-dun... jeraa.org.au/research-gra...

The JERAA community will be interested in a new book published by Rodney Tiffen: Australian Newspapers in the Television Age, 1956-2006 A valuable resource for scholars in Australia and beyond! anthempress.com/australian-n...

The AN Smith Lecture in Journalism at the University of Melbourne on 31 March will be given by Mikhail Zygar, the exiled founder of Russia's only independent television news channel, on the topic: Journalism against autocracy: Putin, Trump and the future of news: events.humanitix.com/journalism-a...

Dr Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School, presented the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture: "We are not just witnessing a crisis of credibility, we are experiencing a crisis of credulity as well". Worth a watch! youtu.be/iHy5sAVjffU?...

Immersive journalism utilizes 360-degree footage and virtual reality environments, allowing viewers to be placed inside a scene. In this new AJR article Patrick Jackson and Ben Stubbs investigate how better-defined recommendations for immersive journalism production can inform the field’s practice.

Matthew Ricketson's Friday essay in The Conversation says: 'as the legacy media have dumbed down, The New Yorker has dumbed up'. If you care about courageous journalism, this piece is worth a read! theconversation.com/friday-essay...

How has Australian journalism changed over the past decade? Australian Journalism Review have just published: The more things change: Exploring change in Australian journalists’ views over a decade of upheaval, by Peter English, Folker Hanusch and Kim Löhmann. intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) will no longer be posting on X, and instead will be posting here on Bluesky. To celebrate our move, here is a Starter Pack of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand journalism teachers and researchers on Bluesky. go.bsky.app/4Tsb6yU