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INVESTIGATING THE STORIES OF OUR TIMES IN AUDIO

Craft From portraits of Australian media and mining titans to hard-hitting investigations into the Northern Territory Intervention – discover how leading journalists weave creative storytelling with investigative reporting to crack open high-profile Australian stories in gripping long-form audio documentaries.

How do you balance investigations and factual reporting with the creative craft of long-form audio documentary storytelling? In this session, join journalists working in audio docs as they discuss their approach to crafting portraits of Australia’s most powerful and influential mining and media titans, Gina Rinehart and Rupert Murdoch, as well as exposing the stories behind the Alice Springs Intervention.

Moderated by award-winning investigative journalist and podcast creator Richard Baker (Spies on Norfolk Island, SBS Audio), this panel explores the creation of high-profile audio documentaries Gina (Sarah Martin, The Guardian), Rupert: The Last Mogul (Paddy Manning, 7am), This is Alice Springs: Children of the Intervention (Daniel James, 7am). Join this stellar lineup for an in-depth exploration into how they navigated the complex legal, journalistic and creative processes to craft impactful long form audio docs that delve far deeper than the new headlines.

 

Image Credit: Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior was bombed in Auckland harbour in January 1985. Source: Getty / Tristan Siegmann/Gamma-Rapho

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