Dart Forum Targets Sex Abuse Commission

In Sydney, Australia, a day of expert panels and journalist-to-journalist workshops aimed at promoting informed, accurate and ethical reporting on issues surrounding the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan AM, Chair of the Royal Commission, addressed this forum on August 30. Read the event report here.

What:  ‘Reporting Responsibly on the Royal Commission in to Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’ – A one day forum for media professionals, including expert panels and journalist-to-journalist workshops.
Lunch and post forum networking drinks and snacks provided.

When: Friday August 30, 9:00am-6:00pm (registration opens at 8.40am)

Where: Rehearsal Room 1, ABC, 700 Harris St., Ultimo, Sydney

Why: To provide a forum for journalists on issues surrounding the Royal Commission in to Institutional Responses to Sexual Abuse in an effort to promote informed, accurate and ethical reporting on the Commission.

Who: Editors and senior news executives making editorial decisions, and news journalists covering the Royal Commission.

This event is free. Click here to RSVP by August 27.

The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan AM, Chair of the Royal Commission in to Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will address this forum at 9am.

(Please note that Justice McClellan’s address is not to be filmed, recorded or reported)

9:45 AM
Expert panel: ISSUES over a lifespan: Understanding the experience of those who have been abused

Speakers:

11:30 AM
Expert panel: Investigation, Policy and Perpetrators
Focus on the law, reform efforts, and the mind of the perpetrator

Speakers:

1:30 PM
Journalist-to-Journalist workshops: Narrative, Craft, Ethics & Self-care

5:00 pm
networking drinks & canapés

This forum is funded by Dart Centre Asia Pacific and supported by the Mindframe National Media Initiative, the Media Entertainment & Art Alliance,, Suzanne Smith and the ABC.