The Monash School of Media, Film and Journalism (MFJ) presents a panel discussion about telling true stories in an era of disruptive media and “fake news”. Narrative forms are increasingly popular with audiences. The US blockbuster podcast “Serial” has been downloaded more than 200 million times. The panelists will explore the role of storytelling in contemporary journalism, focusing on the methods and ethics of collecting and sharing personal narratives across diverse formats and platforms.

• Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is a media commentator and academic at Cardiff University, Wales. She is the author of three books; Disasters and the Media, Journalists and the Public and Citizens or Consumers?, and is currently completing her fourth, Emotions, Media and Politics.
• Nick Feik is the editor of the Monthly magazine, and has previously written for the Age, the Saturday Paper, the Drum, and the Economist Intelligence Unit on politics, environmentalism, economics and popular culture.
• Kirsti Melville is an ABC Radio National producer and winner of multiple human rights awards. She has produced radio documentaries for Earshot, 360documentaries, Street Stories, Hindsight, Women Out Loud, Background Briefing, and Triple J.
• Dr Maria Tumarkin is an academic, writer and cultural historian. She is the author of three books: Traumascapes, Courage, and Otherland, which was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Award, the NSW Premier’s Award and The Age Book of the Year.
• A/Prof Margaret Simons is an academic at University of Melbourne and Walkley award-winning journalist. Her books include Six Square Metres, Self-Made Man: The Kerry Stokes Story, What’s Next in Journal-ism?, Journalism at the Crossroads, and Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs.

WHEN: Thursday 9th February, 2017 6pm to 8pm

WHERE: Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street Melbourne

RSVP: This is a free event. To secure a place, please RSVP Wednesday 1st February, to hannah.withers@monash.edu