Reporting Black Lives Matters: Deaths in custody journalism in Australia
George Floyd’s death at the knee of USA police sparked protests and renewed reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. As the 30th anniversary of the release of the final report of the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody approaches, it is timely to update Wendy...
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ftjpjr:oai:pjr.ojs.aut.ac.nz:article/1129 2023-05-15T16:16:44+02:00 Reporting Black Lives Matters: Deaths in custody journalism in Australia Mason, Bonita 2020-11-30 application/pdf https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1129 https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v26i2.1129 eng eng Asia Pacific Network https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1129/1442 https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/1129 doi:10.24135/pjr.v26i2.1129 Copyright (c) 2020 Bonita Mason http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa; Vol. 26 No. 2 (2020): Climate crisis and coronavirus: Rethinking the social world; 202-220 2324-2035 1023-9499 Australia Black Lives Matter deaths in custody deaths in custody journalism deaths in custody reporting resources Indigenous investigative journalism Mr Ward Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftjpjr https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v26i2.1129 2022-02-07T08:05:54Z George Floyd’s death at the knee of USA police sparked protests and renewed reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. As the 30th anniversary of the release of the final report of the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody approaches, it is timely to update Wendy Bacon’s 2005 research on deaths in custody journalism. While most deaths in custody continue to pass in judicial and media silence, this article, written from a white journalism academic’s perspective, includes instances of in-depth reporting since 2005, journalism that meets the Royal Commission’s observation that journalism can contribute to justice for Aboriginal people when it places deaths in custody in their social and moral contexts. It also includes mini-case study of the news coverage of Mr Ward’s 2008 death, which demonstrates the relationship between governmental or judicial processes and announcements and patterns of coverage. It also notes the effect that First Nations journalists are having on the prevalence, perspectives and depth of deaths in custody journalism. Information and resources are provided for journalists and journalism students to more effectively report Indigenous deaths in custody, include Indigenous voices in their stories, and to better understand trauma and take care of themselves, their sources and their communities Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Pacific Journalism Review (Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology) Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa 26 2 202 220 |
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George Floyd’s death at the knee of USA police sparked protests and renewed reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. As the 30th anniversary of the release of the final report of the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody approaches, it is timely to update Wendy Bacon’s 2005 research on deaths in custody journalism. While most deaths in custody continue to pass in judicial and media silence, this article, written from a white journalism academic’s perspective, includes instances of in-depth reporting since 2005, journalism that meets the Royal Commission’s observation that journalism can contribute to justice for Aboriginal people when it places deaths in custody in their social and moral contexts. It also includes mini-case study of the news coverage of Mr Ward’s 2008 death, which demonstrates the relationship between governmental or judicial processes and announcements and patterns of coverage. It also notes the effect that First Nations journalists are having on the prevalence, perspectives and depth of deaths in custody journalism. Information and resources are provided for journalists and journalism students to more effectively report Indigenous deaths in custody, include Indigenous voices in their stories, and to better understand trauma and take care of themselves, their sources and their communities |
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