Category: Events

27 September 2022

MDA has state chapters across NSW, VIC, QLD and ACT. Our members consist of  journalists and/or media professionals who mirror MDA’s vision and are passionate about creating long lasting impact when it comes to diversifying the media landscape.  

The ACT launch was hosted by the Hon Andrew Giles MP, Minister for Multiculturalism (representing Minister Michelle Rowland). Minister Giles deliverd a keynote speech, followed by a panel discussion moderated by MDA’s CEO, Mariam Veiszadeh and led by some of Canberra’s finest journalists.

Moderator: Mariam Veiszadeh (CEO of Media Diversity Australia)

Panellists: 

• Nour Haydar (Political Reporter ABC) 
• Dr Liz Allen (Demographer & Lecturer ANU)
• Philip Coorey (Political Editor AFR)
• Julia Kanapathippillai (Reporter Canberra Star News Corp)

Community Voices is an initiative of the Judith Neilson Institute, in partnership with Media Diversity Australia, giving underrepresented Australians a greater voice in our national conversation.

14 May 2022 – 11 June 2022

Amplifying Voices is a media training program for Muslim youth women and religious leaders from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. The program aims to build the capacity of delegates to engage with traditional Australian media and strengthen delegates’ knowledge of how social media operates and how they can better engage their audiences. It promotes accurate information and better representation of the Muslim faith and community in Australia, including correcting misrepresentations and helps improve the relationship between Muslim communities and the community of media professionals. 

31 May 2022

Without fear or favour: how Chinese Australian journalists can cover China safely and fairly. Hosted by Stan Grant, the live event examined two challenging issues: how Chinese background journalists can cover China-Australia relations given the perceived and real threats of reprisals or attacks on their China-based family or themselves, and also how newsrooms can cover China in a way that engages a Chinese diaspora that often have very different opinions on their country of heritage.