Mitchell Dye previews the program for June 10 and talks about the issues of the day.

Venu Arora is the Founder/Director of Ideosync Media Combine, an internationally reputed SBCC and media advocacy organization focusing on community media, freedom of expression and voice equity. She spoke about her presentation ‘Free/Dem Sarai: Reimagining Digital Rights through Media Literacy’

Barbie Robinson is co-principal of Living Arts Canberra. She is a photographer, writer, designer arts marketing consultant, event manager, and formerly a teacher and gallery manager. She presented arts programs on community radio in Canberra for 10 years.

Professor Susan Forde is Director of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, and a Professor of Journalism at Griffith University, Brisbane. She is the author of ‘Challenging the News: The Journalism of Alternative and Community Media’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011); and co-author of ‘Journalism for Climate Crisis: Public Engagement, Media Alternatives’ (Routledge, 2017); and ‘Developing Dialogues: Indigenous and Ethnic Community Broadcasting in Australia’ (Intellect, 2009).

Pinky Chandran, is the Co-founder of Radio Active, Bangalore’s first community radio station, licensed to Jain University. Meera K co-founded Citizen Matters, an award-winning digital news media with insightful reporting on critical urban issues.

M C Rasmin currently works for the International Research Exchange Board (IREX) as the Deputy Chief of Party. He brings nearly 15 years of experience working on the media and democratization in the context of Sri Lanka. He has experimented with various community media tools including radio drama, community video, short films, forum theater, and digital and creative storytelling for the promotion of inclusion, pluralism, equality, justice, and reconciliation. Rasmin is currently a PhD scholar at Assam Don Bosco University, India.

Dr Usha Rodrigues and Emmanuel Munyarukumbuzi speak to Mitchell Dye and Leo Renkin at the Citizen and Community Media International Conference. Dr. Usha M. Rodrigues is senior lecturer in journalism at Deakin University and Emmanuel Munyarukumbuzi is an experienced TV producer, communicator, passionate storyteller and assistant lecturer at the University of Rwanda.

N. Ramakrishnan and Dr Vinod Pavarala speak to Mitchell Dye and Leo Renkin at the Citizen and Community Media International Conference. N. Ramakrishnan is a radio producer, filmmaker, and media trainer; and the founder/director of Ideosync Media Combine, an internationally reputed SBCC and media advocacy organization focusing on community media, freedom of expression and voice equity. Vinod Pavarala is Senior Professor and UNESCO Chair on Community Media in the Department of Communication at the University of Hyderabad.

Russell Anderson speaks to Mitchell Dye and Leo Renkin at the Citizen and Community Media International Conference.

Mitchell Dye and 94.7 The Pulse Station Manager Leo Renkin talk about the Citizen and Community Media International Conference Day 1.