@article{f633fa1e9303433abf6389f953fe823d,
title = "Outlining a model of social journalism for health",
abstract = "Social journalism is an emerging field of practice that seeks to reframe journalism as an action-oriented service built on relationships and collaborations, rather than as primarily content or a product. It offers opportunities for innovation that re-centre the public interest roles of journalism at a time when public interest journalism is in crisis. This article outlines a 10-point model for social journalism, drawing on case studies in health journalism connected to the online platform Croakey. org. These case studies show how using decolonising and participatory action frameworks can transform journalism research and practice, with potential benefits for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. They also illustrate a dynamic process of knowledge exchange between journalism research and practice. Elements of the proposed model for social journalism practice include: standpoint; transdisciplinary practice; connectivity; relationships; responsive listening; reflexivity; immersion; transparency and trust; creativity and innovation; and an ethic of service and outcomes. It is a model in which transformative health journalism facilitates and enables transformation in spheres beyond journalism. This article also considers the constraints and challenges facing social journalism initiatives and practitioners, and makes recommendations for policy.",
author = "Melissa Sweet and Lynore Geia and Pat Dudgeon and Kerry McCallum and Finlay, {Summer May} and Megan Williams and Marie McInerney and Ruth Armstrong and Jennifer Doggett and Amy Coopes and Mitchell J.ward and Tim Senior and Matthew Ricketson",
note = "Funding Information: #IHMayDay (Indigenous Health May Day) is a day-long program on Twitter where the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are privileged. Participants have included Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander politicians, health professionals, researchers, organisations and community members. Non-Indigenous participants are asked to engage by listening and re-tweeting. The first event, initiated by Geia with support from Sweet and McInerney, was held in May 2014 and hosted by Croakey.org. It generated widespread engagement (Geia & Sweet, 2014; Sweet, Geia, Dudgeon & McCallum, 2015), and in 2015, with support from Finlay, became an ongoing project. It has since been co-hosted by James Cook University, the University of Wol-longong and the University of Canberra, supported by Croakey. Each year, the event has trended nationally on Twitter, and has resulted in a detailed news report at Croakey.org. It is evolving as an emancipatory platform for promoting and enabling decolonising agendas within universities and in other spheres, including the media and policy making. It also contributes to relationship-building and community development. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Intellect Ltd.. All rights reserved. ",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "91--106",
journal = "Australian Journalism Review",
issn = "0810-2686",
publisher = "Intellect Ltd",
number = "2",
}