Join journalist and author Amy McQuire for this free webinar to discuss her book Black Witness, a searing indictment of the media’s failures in reporting Indigenous affairs – and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice.

From one of this country’s leading Indigenous journalists comes a collection of fierce and powerful essays proving why the media needs to believe Black Witnesses.

Amy McQuire has been writing on Indigenous affairs since she was 17 years old. Over the past two decades, she has reported on most of the key events involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including numerous deaths in custody, the Palm Island uprising, the Bowraville murders and the Northern Territory Intervention. She has also exposed the misrepresentations and violence of the mainstream media’s reports, as well as their omissions and silences altogether in regards to Indigenous matters. Amy McQuire was the Australia Institute’s Writer in Residence recipient for 2020. Black Witness showcases how journalism can be used to hold the powerful to account and make the world a more equitable place. This is the essential collection that we need right now – and always have.

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Guest Author – Amy McQuire, journalist, academic and author of Black Witness

Host – Alice Grundy, Research Manager, Anne Kantor Fellowship, The Australia Institute

Read an extract of Black Witness.

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