Julie

Posetti: Academic research projects, publications and presentations

PhD Candidate:

University of Wollongong (Submission date: March 2018)

Supervisors: Prof Stephen Tanner & Prof Marcus O’Donnell

International research:

2014-2017 Under contract to UNESCO via World Editors Forum to undertake a global study of
developments in legal source protection frameworks across 121 countries over a 10-year period. The
80,00-word study was published as a book by UNESCO in May 2017: Protecting Journalism Sources in
the Digital Age

2014/2015 Research contract with World Association of News Publishers/World Editors Forum to
examine the future of global journalism in the digital age, map newsroom trends, and report on digital
transformation (Funding approx. Euro 70,000)

Nationally funded, cross-institutional journalism research projects:

Chief Investigator, University of Canberra, Journalism in Multicultural Australia and Reporting
Diversity 2005-2009 (Funding approx. AU$20,000)

• I ran a sub-project on media coverage of Muslim women post-9/11
• Development of extensive online research database, which exists as a global clearinghouse
for publications on journalism, diversity and race.
• Co-researcher – Talkback Radio in Multicultural Australia (Major Project)

General Research:

Reporting Refugees (collaborative Work-Integrated-Learning project with University of Canberra,
ANU, ABC, Canberra Refugee Support).

Books

Posetti, J (2017) Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age, UNESCO, Paris

Major commissioned reports

1. Posetti, J (Ed) (2015) Trends in Newsrooms 2015, World Editors Forum, Paris
2. Posetti, J (Ed) (2014) Trends in Newsrooms 2014, World Editors Forum, Paris

Book Chapters:

3. Posetti, J (2018) Surveillance and Privacy in Journalism in Ornebring, H (Ed) Oxford
Encyclopaedia of Journalism Studies (OUP, forthcoming)
4. Posetti, J (2018) Outlook on Sources, Surveillance and Digital Investigations in Hahn, O (Ed)
Digital Investigative Journalism (Palgrave McMillan, forthcoming)

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 5. Posetti, J (2017) Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age, UNESCO, Paris
6. Posetti, J (2017) Fighting Back Against Prolific Online Harassment in UNESCO’s An Attack on
One is an Attack on All (Kilman L, Ed)
7. Posetti, J (2015) Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age in UNESCO's flagship World
Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development, Select Digital Issues (UNESCO,
Paris)
8. Posetti, J (2015) Reporting Migration with a Focus on Refugees in UNESCO’s Teaching
Journalism for Sustainable Development: New Syllabi
9. Posetti J, O’Donnell M & Camden L (2015) Teaching Journalism for Sustainable Development
in UNESCO’s Teaching Journalism for Sustainable Development: New Syllabi
10. Posetti, J (2013) Investigative Journalism in the Social Media Age in Tanner & Richardson’s
(Eds) Journalism Research and Investigation in a Digital World (Oxford University Press)
11. Posetti, J (2010) Jihad Sheilas or Media Martyrs: Muslim Women and the Media in “Islam and
the Australian News Media”, Melbourne University Press
12. Ewart, J & Posetti, J (2010) News, views and agendas: Talkback radio and Muslims in Islam and
the Australian News Media, Melbourne University Press
13. Ewart J & Posetti, J (2008) “Dr Mohamed Haneef Affair” Australian Press Council Report

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications:

1. Posetti, J (2009) “Unveiling Radio Coverage of Muslim Women” The Radio Journal (Intellect,
UK)
2. Posetti, J & McCallum, K (2008) “Researching Journalism and Diversity Australia: History and
Policy” Communications & Policy Research Forum Conference Proceedings
3. Posetti, J (2007) "Unveiling News Coverage of Muslim Women: Reporting in the Age of
Terror". The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Vol
7
4. Posetti, J (2005) “ABC of Political Interference: Howard’s Way” Papers from the Melbourne
Radio Conference
5. Posetti, J (2002) “The ABC of Political Interference” Australian Studies in Journalism

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers:

1. Reid R, Posetti J (July 2017) The caveats of studying trends in freedom of expression and media
development globally, with a snapshot of Africa: a misunderstood continent IAMCR,
Cartagena, Colombia (Winner BEST PAPER, International Section)
2. McHugh, S & Posetti, J (July 2016), Transforming Legacy Print Journalism into a Successful
Podcast Format: An Ethnographic Study of The Age’s Phoebe’s Fall (IAMCR, Cartagena,
Colombia)
3. Posetti, J (July 2016) “Lessons for Journalism Educators from UNESCO’s study on protecting
sources” (Winner, best paper Journalism Educators and Researchers, Australia)
4. Posetti, J (July 2013) “The Twitterisation of Investigative Journalism” 3rd World Journalism
Education Congress, Mechelen, Belgium.
5. Posetti, J (July 2013) “Reporting Refugees: A public Journalism Project for the Social Media
Age” 3rd World Journalism Education Congress, Mechelen, Belgium.
6. Posetti, J (July 2012) “Mapping Social Journalism Research” International Association of Media
and Communications Researchers, Durban, South Africa.
7. Posetti, J (Nov 2010) “Social Journalism”. Journalism Education Association of Australia Annual
Conference, Sydney
8. Posetti, J (Nov 2010) “The Twitterisation of Journalism: Outlining Research Approaches”
Journalism Education Association of Australia Annual Conference, Sydney

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 9. Posetti, J (July 2010) “Twitterising Australian Political Journalism & Journalism Education” 2nd
World Journalism Education Congress, South Africa
10. Posetti, J (July 2010) “Australian Muslim Women Making Headlines” 2nd World Journalism
Education Congress, South Africa
11. Posetti, J & McCallum, K (2008) “The Historical and Ideological Contexts of Australian
Journalism and Diversity Research” IAMCR, Stockholm
12. McCallum K & Posetti, J (2008) “Researching media reporting of diversity in Australia: Where
has it taken us and where are we going?” ANZCA, Wellington, New Zealand
13. Ewart J & Posetti, J (2008) “Constructing identity in the talkback radio space” National Centre
for Excellence in Islamic Studies (NCEIS) conference. Melbourne University, November 2008.
(Peer Reviewed)
14. Posetti, J (2007) "Unveiling News Coverage of Muslim Women" International Diversity
Conference, Amsterdam
15. Posetti, J (2007) "Media Representations of the Hijab: An Australian Radio Case Study" Radio
Conference, Lincoln, UK
16. Posetti, J (2006) "Media Representations of the Hijab - An Overview" Journalism Education
Association Conference, Auckland
17. Posetti, J (2005) "The ABC of Internships" Australian Journalism Education Association
Conference, Gold Coast
18. Posetti, J (2005) “The Politics of Bias at the ABC: Howard’s Way” Melbourne Radio Conference
19. Posetti, J (2004) “The Politics of Bias at the ABC” Australian Journalism Education Association
Conference, Fiji

Invited International speaking engagements

1. Keynote speaker invited to Oslo by the Norwegian Government: "Dealing with online abuse
and hate: A global snapshot of editorial experiences and strategies" (November 2017)
2. Keynote speaker at Philippines conference ‘Truth, Trust & Democracy in the Digital Age’
convened by leading news site Rappler (Nov 2017)
3. UN ITU World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS): ‘Protecting Sources and
Whistleblowers’ (Geneva, June 2017)
4. UNESCO World Press Freedom Day: ‘Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age’ (Jakarta,
May 2017)
5. Three panels at the 2017 International Journalism Festival (Perugia) 1. In harm’s way:
Newsrooms on the frontline 2. Women under fire online 3. Scaling Newsroom Cultures in the
Digital Age
6. 2016 International Journalism Festival: Panel speaker and moderator Protecting Journalism
Sources in the Digital Age (Perugia)
7. Digital Media Europe, The Podcasting Revolution – keynote (Vienna, April 2016)
8. UNESCO World Press Freedom Day conference panellist – ‘Emerging threats to sources and
whistleblowers’ (Helsinki, May 2016)
9. European Commission Colloquium on Fundamental Rights – invited expert on journalistic
source protection (Brussels 2016)
10. International Newsroom Summit (keynote) – Taking Trolls Seriously: Newsroom responses to
online harassment (London 2016)
11. Frontline Club keynote speaker @ launch of preliminary findings from ‘Protecting Journalism
Sources in the Digital Age’ in a dedicated seminar staged by the London Foreign Press
Association/Frontline Club (2015)
12. World News Congress (2015, Washington DC) 1. Keynote: Presenting Trends in Newsrooms
2015 2. Panellist and moderator: A snapshot of new global research on source protection in
the digital age

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 13. UN Side Panel on ‘Protecting Whistleblowers and Journalism Sources’ (2015, New York)
14. Publish Asia (Bangkok 2015) ‘Content Discovery Optimisation’; ‘Safe Journalists, Safe Sources’
15. World News Congress (2014, Turin) panellist 1. Verification: New Tools of the Trade 2. Editorial
Strategies for Navigating Privacy and Surveillance
16. International Newsroom Summit (Amsterdam, 2014) Engagement: Grow and Manage Civil
Conversations + rapporteur
17. International Journalism Festival (2014) panellist: ‘Without Social Media?!’
18. “Social Media for Story Tellers: Top 10 Tips” Digital Citizens Indaba, Highway Africa, Cape
Town, South Africa (2011)
19. ‘Designing a Social Media Activated Public Journalism Project for Social Change’ (September
2011) Inaugural ‘Design, Development, Research’ conference, Cape Peninsula University of
Technology, Cape Town, South Africa.
20. ‘Making Journalism Social’ (September 2011) WTF Media Conference, Cape Town, South
Africa

Other Conference Papers and Presentations

1. Posetti, J (November 2017) Protecting Whistleblowers and Sources in the Digital Age – official
Australian launch of UNESCO’s 121 country study + panel discussion with investigative
journalists (in partnership with the Walkley Foundation, Media Arts and Entertainment
Alliance and University of Wollongong)
2. Posetti, J (August 2017) “Top tips for protecting your sources in the Digital Age” Storyology
conference (Walkley Foundation)
3. Posetti, J (August 2017) “Surveillance, Resistance, and Metadata” University of Sydney Ideas
Symposium
4. Posetti, J (March 2011) “Reporting social services, who really cares?” ACOSS National
Conference, Melbourne
5. Posetti, J (May 2011) Facilitator & rapporteur, BBC Social Media Summit, London
6. Posetti, J (June 2011) “Making Journalism Social”, speaker’s soapbox, The Wheeler Centre,
Melbourne.
7. Posetti, J (June 2011) “Journalism 140” Fearless Social Media Summit, Melbourne
8. Posetti, J (June 2011) “Making Journalism Social”, Speaker’s Soapbox, The Wheeler Centre,
Melbourne
9. Posetti, J (August 2010) “Social Media Journalism” Walkley Foundation Conference, Sydney
10. Posetti, J (October 2010) Social Media Panel, Walkley Public Affairs Conference, Canberra.
11. Posetti, J (February 2010) “Twitter Journalism: The Potential for Science Reporting” Australian
Science Communicators’ Conference
12. Posetti, J (November 2009) “It’s a Revolution, Not a War! Engagement is Key” Media140
Sydney, ABC
13. Posetti, J (Oct 2009) “Reimagining Anne Frank as a Blogger: War Reporting 2.0”. War2Point0
Symposium, Australian National University
14. Posetti, J (July 2009) “Banning the Burka: An UnAustralian Idea” Burka Ban Symposium,
Australian National University, Canberra
15. Ewart, J & Posetti, J (June 2007) Syndicate report-back: “Implications for Journalism Education
of Reporting in the Age of Terror” World Journalism Education Congress, Singapore.
16. Posetti, J (2005) “ABC Bias: A Recent History?” Australian Media Traditions Conference,
Canberra

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Chair: 2 World Journalism Education Congress, South Africa 2010 – Social Media Syndicate Chair

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