[csaa-forum] melb event: storytelling

[Melissa Gregg]

ATTN: people who want to tell stories - doco filmmakers, writers, radio
producers, photographers, musicians, artists; people who want to see,
hear,
read and experience stories; people who have an interest in culture,
positive
debate and discussion....

:::: MIETTA'S MONDAYS ::: IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPINACH7
:::: Monday, April 5th - 6pm, fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane
(Melb)

THE BUSINESS OF STORY TELLING
a discussion facilitated by SPINACH7

Media is the art and culture of story telling. It is a mirror on society
and
bears witness to the happenings around us. It presents the information
we
use to make decisions about our lives.

Today's media is compromised by its obligations to the advertising
industry,
government and the big business community. Sales figures and ratings
decide
what makes the news and shape contemporary culture.

Does profit-making override the duty of the media to inform society? Or
is it
possible for the media to reclaim its integrity within a model that is
financially successful?

:::: DATE: Monday, April 5th, 6pm
:::: PLACE: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne.

::: SPEAKERS include:

RACHEL MAHER is an independent radio producer and documentary maker. She

recently completed post-graduate studies in documentary, film and
television
at VCA. Rachel has made a number of short documentaries and has been
involved
in community media for over 10 years.

PETER DAVIS combines teaching and research at Deakin University with
freelance
writing, photography and consulting.  He publishes regular features and
photographs in a variety of newspapers and magazines and he undertakes
many
assignments in Australia, Asia and Europe.

JENNIFER CRONE is a Commissioning Editor for Documentary at SBS
Independent.
She produced and directed documentary and factual programs for
Australian and
British television as an independent producer and within television
companies
and broadcasters.

PAUL GASKIN has been Planning Director of three major advertising
agencies. He
has been a senior executive of major market research companies Roy
Morgan
Research and Reark Research. He is responsible for the MA (Advertising)
coursework program and supervising Masters research students in
advertising
at RMIT.