While more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are finding themselves in mainstream newsrooms and media organisations, what has been the cost of working in these spaces on our own self care?

Host, Rhianna Patrick breaks down what it's like being an Indigenous journalist reporting on Indigenous stories with Rachael Hocking (freelance journalist), Dr. Cait McMahon OAM, (Dart Centre Asia Pacific founding Managing Director) and Ryan Liddle (multi platform journalist and presenter, NITV/SBS).

Warning: the following episode mentions suicide, deaths in custody and other topics which might be triggering. If this episode raises anything for you and you're in Australia, ring Lifeline on 13 11 14.

A special thank you to Aunty Lila Watson, Teila Watson and Aunty Lin Morrow for sharing their memories and history of the Black Nation newspaper.

This podcast is supported by the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

Read: Allan Clarke on why he stepped away from reporting: https://ab.co/3EcktK7 

Find out more about Dart Centre Asia Pacific here: https://bit.ly/3z5khZD 

Ryan Liddle on twitter 

Dr. Cait McMahon on twitter

Blak Nation Theme by Cormac Finn

Additional music: Artlist.io

The term Blak was first used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visual artist, Destiny Deacon in the early 90s. Blak is a term used by some Aboriginal people to reclaim historical, representational, symbolical, stereotypical and romanticised notions of Black or Blackness. This type of spelling may have been appropriated from U.S hip-hop. 

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