Ep.125: Chi ha il diritto di raccontare le storie australiane?

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Un rapporto che esamina la composizione culturale del settore giornalistico australiano rivela che giornalisti, presentatori e commentatori sono prevalentemente di origine anglo-celtica.


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Media Diversity Australia e accademici di varie università australiane hanno esaminato la diversità culturale nel settore delle notizie e dell'attualità australiana. 

Il rapporto “Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories?” ha analizzato 81 programmi di notizie in due settimane nel giugno 2019, pari a circa 19.000 notizie e articoli di attualità attraverso la televisione in chiaro. 

Lo studio ha rivelato che quando si tratta di apparire sullo schermo solo il 6% di commentatori, giornalisti e presentatori ha un background indigeno o non europeo, mentre oltre il 75% ha un background anglo-celtico. 

L'eccezione è la SBS, dove il 76,6% dei giornalisti, commentatori e presentatori in onda è di origine non europea. 

Antoinette Lattouf, direttrice di Media Diversity Australia, afferma che, a differenza del Regno Unito e degli Stati Uniti, mancano dati sulla composizione culturale dei media australiani. 

"We realise the scale of the problem in Australian television news and current affairs. actually the news media industry more broadly was quite pronounced. But unlike the US and the UK, we did not have any data about just where the most concerted efforts need to be placed and we thought the starting point is to count culture, to have the data so then you have a benchmark so that we can measure progress in years to come." 

Quando si tratta di rappresentanza in onda, Nine è la meno diversificata delle reti commerciali con persone in onda per l'88% anglo-celtiche. 

Non più del 5% dei presentatori, commentatori e giornalisti su tutte le reti commerciali in chiaro è identificato come non europeo, mentre alla ABC il numero si attesta al 9,1%. 

NITV (National Indigenous Television) non è stata inclusa nell'analisi del rapporto, ma quando si parla di rappresentazione degli indigeni e degli isolani dello Stretto di Torres attraverso le altre reti, non ce n’è stata alcuna nelle due settimane analizzate dal rapporto. 

Tanya Denning-Orman è direttrice dei contenuti indigeni e manager della televisione nazionale indigena. 

In una dichiarazione ha detto che, sebbene NITV non sia stata inclusa nel rapporto, porta con orgoglio le popolazioni aborigene e delle isole dello Stretto di Torres davanti alle telecamere ogni sera, ed è guidata   da un team di giornalisti e direttori editoriali indigeni. 

“Seeing yourself reflected in the media – in the faces you see on screen, and in the way your community is represented – is a critical part of feeling included in our society. We all know that Australia today is incredibly diverse, and while it’s great to see improvements across the media sector there’s still opportunity to do more, particularly when it comes to Indigenous representation. While it wasn’t included in this report, NITV is an essential platform for First Nations voices and issues, trusted by communities, and available to all Australians as part of SBS." 

La seconda parte del rapporto è un sondaggio di 300 giornalisti televisivi nel giugno 2020, che ha esaminato le prospettive del settore sulla diversità culturale. 

Il sondaggio ha rivelato che il 59% è di sesso femminile, nato in Australia, con il 28% di discendenza non europea. 

Una scoperta chiave è stata che il 70% ha affermato di valutare la rappresentanza di donne e uomini culturalmente diversi come scarsa o molto scarsa. Il 79% crede che le persone con background diverso affrontino più barriere quando cercano di accedere a un lavoro davanti alla telecamera. 

La dottoressa Dimitria Groutsis è professore associato in Disciplina del lavoro e studi organizzativi presso l'Università di Sydney e una delle autrici dello studio. 

"For those who identified as having a culturally diverse background, almost 80 per cent indicated that this was a career impediment to progression in their career. Perceptions of those who are working within the industry are quite negative when it comes to representation and also to their representation within the talent pipeline of the senior leadership suite."

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Media Diversity Australia and academics from several Australian universities have examined cultural diversity in Australia's news and current affairs industry. 

The Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories? report analysed 81 news programs over two weeks in June 2019 - equating to approximately 19,000 news and current affairs items across free-air-television. 

The study revealed that when it came to onscreen appearance only six per cent of commentators, reporters and presenters had either an Indigenous or non-European background, with more than 75 per cent of Anglo-Celtic background. 

The exception was SBS where 76.6 per cent of on-air reporters, commentators and presenters were of a non-European background. 

Antoinette Lattouf, the director of Media Diversity Australia says unlike the United Kingdom and the United States, there is a lack of data about the cultural makeup of Australia's news media. 

"We realise the scale of the problem in Australian television news and current affairs. actually the news media industry more broadly was quite pronounced. But unlike the US and the UK, we did not have any data about just where the most concerted efforts need to be placed and we thought the starting point is to count culture, to have the data so then you have a benchmark so that we can measure progress in years to come." 

When it came to on-air representation, Nine was the least diverse of the commercial networks with on-air talent 88 per cent Anglo-Celtic. 

No more than five per cent of presenters, commentators and reporters on all free-to-air commercial networks were identified as having a non-European background, while at the ABC the number sits at 9.1 per cent. 

NITV (National Indigenous Television) was not included in the report's analysis but when it came to Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander representation across the other networks, there was none in the two week reporting period. 

Tanya Denning-Orman is the Director of Indigenous Content and manager of National Indigenous Television. 

In a statement she said, while NITV wasn't included in the report, it proudly showcased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in front of the camera every night, driven by a team of Indigenous journalists and editorial managers. 

“Seeing yourself reflected in the media – in the faces you see on screen, and in the way your community is represented – is a critical part of feeling included in our society. We all know that Australia today is incredibly diverse, and while it’s great to see improvements across the media sector there’s still opportunity to do more, particularly when it comes to Indigenous representation. While it wasn’t included in this report, NITV is an essential platform for First Nations voices and issues, trusted by communities, and available to all Australians as part of SBS." 

The second part of the report is a survey of 300 television journalists in June 2020, which looked at industry perspectives on cultural diversity. 

The survey revealed 59 per cent were female, born in Australia with 28 per cent of non-European ancestry. 

A key finding was that 70 per cent said they rated the representation of culturally diverse women and men as poor or very poor, with 79 per cent believing people of diverse background faced more barriers when trying to access jobs in front of the camera. 

Dr Dimitria Groutsis is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney and one of the authors of the study. 

"For those who identified as having a culturally diverse background, almost 80 per cent indicated that this was a career impediment to progression in their career. Perceptions of those who are working within the industry are quite negative when it comes to representation and also to their representation within the talent pipeline of the senior leadership suite."

Report by Peggy Giakoumelos  

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