Roots: Being a Brown journalist in (White) Australia
07/27/21 • 19 min
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In the eight episode of Roots with South Asian Today, Dilpreet speaks with renowned Australian journalist Bhakthi Puvanenthiran. A part of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Bhakthi is the editor of ABC Everyday and has worked with Crikey, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. The conversation explores being a South Asian journalist in Australia, how do we tell our own stories and the possibilities around breaking structural barriers.
In the eight episode of Roots with South Asian Today, Dilpreet speaks with renowned Australian journalist Bhakthi Puvanenthiran. A part of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, Bhakthi is the editor of ABC Everyday and has worked with Crikey, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. The conversation explores being a South Asian journalist in Australia, how do we tell our own stories and the possibilities around breaking structural barriers.
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Roots with South Asian Today - Roots: Being a Brown journalist in (White) Australia
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You're listening to Roots with South Asian today. This podcast is being recorded in Australia on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.
DilpreetYou're listening to roots with South Asian today, my name is Dilpreet. And today I will be chatting with one of the most renowned faces in the Australian
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