arsisto.bsky.social
Journalism lecturer, writer, Talking Indonesia, Melbourne Press Club, PhD on horror + digital culture + ethnography
I also write and think about food, identity, colonialism, monsters and racism
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This is what I have learnt: when the world is divided, choose compassion and courage over the corrupt c*nts.
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It is when it’s bloody 40 degrees outside
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Also, I have the privilege of a decent full time job to be able to afford the rent. If I ever have kids they’ll also have the privilege of a safe and comfortable home.
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I like to joke that people living in Melbourne like to talk about the weather but refuse to talk about the climate. But it’s good that there are good developers, architects, engineers etc who are doing the right things.
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Before you share, repost, do, or call something 'journalism', ask: What verification was done? What context is missing? What voices weren't heard? Training yourself to ask these questions is a step towards being a more informed digital citizen and creating better, safer spaces on the internet.
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And in the world today where people are being bombarded with information from many sides about many things, basic journalism skills should be owned by everyone, not just professional journalists. This is what I teach - not just specific skills for journos, but also how to face dis/misinformation.
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Eg: a person livestreaming in front of a burnt shop isn't journalism. It's just broadcasting what they see. Journalism happens when they've interviewed the shop owner, residents, emergency services, checked police reports, and verified when/how the fire started - THEN tell and publish the story.
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Journalism at its best is a discipline of verification and truth-seeking. It’s a set of skills that require training to develop and polish, and require many hours of work that often end up being invisible once we get to the stage of publishing and storytelling.
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Also, this is why the Haka at the NZ Parliament, started by Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, WAS SO EFFING POWERFUL
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This is not me playing the race card or jumping on the diversity bus. This is me realising the biggest challenges we are facing today have roots in colonial and capitalist power structures and the key to engaging effectively with these structures is in listening to minorities and Indigenous people.
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But the challenge that I am taking on right now is in embracing how to be a minority and to find power and solidarity in it. I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to adapt to White spaces in Australia (my background as an ultra-hegemonic Javanese Muslim Straight guy in Indonesia helps!).
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So just take my word for it - that we have amazing, talented young journos coming up in the world who do good, ethical, illuminating work (and please support and subscribe to good, ethical news publishers so they have the money to hire these awesome new journos!).
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Unfortunately we can’t publish them in the student publication because they skirt around possibly illegal activities and we don’t have a budget for lawyering up or to protect our sources.
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They wrote beautiful stories that reflect the realities of living in Australia today, including a story of supermarket workers who ‘never’ saw anyone stealing 🤘🏽 and an old woman who runs a covert operation to steal lemons from her neighbour’s tree 😂
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That would explain a lot...
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Then when they hit 40 they either act 15 or 65. This is how it works.
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I might be naive but my experience of reddit as a general, mostly passive user, has also been pretty nice. But maybe, to your point about buttressing, it’s because the subreddits I go to are moderated well.
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Maybe this is one of the reasons why many good narrative podcasts, with casual presenting style, work so well. It sounds more authentic and honest, and the way I trust a journalist on a good narrative podcast is like the way I trust my friends.