Media for Advocacy
Build the skills you need to use the media as a tool for advocacy.
Join us for a weekend of in-person workshops in Naarm on 10 – 11 August, 2024, to build the skills you need to use the media as a tool for advocacy – safely, effectively, and confidently!
It is critical that young people’s voices are heard in the media – that their views on issues which affect them are reflected in stories about them, and shape public perceptions about the transformative change young people want to see. And yet, so often, young people are ignored, stereotyped, or sidelined in media reporting. It can also be hard to know where to start, or how to engage with the media to advocate for change. This is why Media for Advocacy: Youth Media Training Program is here to help you build the skills you need to engage with the media and advocate for change.
In-person Workshops
Saturday 10 August and Sunday 11 August, in Melbourne’s CBD, 9:30am-5pm.
Online Support sessions
Three monthly online support sessions following the workshop to continue to develop your media skills, workshop pitches or story ideas, and connect with fellow workshop participants with support from FYA staff.
Media for Advocacy: Youth Media Training Program is open to anyone 15-28 years old based in Victoria.
Applications will close on 25 July. Successful applicants will be notified on 26 July.
The organisers and workshop facilitators for Media for Advocacy are:
Foundation for Young Australians:
FYA staff will select participants. We are looking for a diverse group of young people with a range of lived experience of injustice who want to use the media as a tool to advocate for change. No prior media understanding or experience is needed.
Commitment to attend the two days Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 August from 9.30am until 5.00pm.
There is no cost to participants. FYA will provide lunch and a travel allowance to all participants including regional applicants (including accommodation costs where needed).
We will have a wellbeing plan and ensure to make the event as inclusive and accessible as possible. The meeting spaces are all wheelchair accessible and have accessible bathrooms. Auslan interpreters can be provided. All participants will be given a participant form that will inform how we best support participants.
We will be following the FYA Covid policy and have a Covid plan. We will supply rapid antigen tests (RATs), hand sanitiser and N-95 face masks. There will be an air filter running at the venue.
To attend the Media for Advocacy workshops, you need to:
For more information get in contact with Heather at heather.mcnab@fya.org.au