CQ: Who Should Tell Indigenous Stories?

Repeat Tuesday 28 May, 8.30pm on NITV

SBS CQ is a debate series focusing on issues relating to Australian media practice in today's culturally diverse society.

This special debate – the third in the series – is hosted by award-winning journalist Stan Grant, and poses the question: Who should tell Indigenous stories?

Journalists have a duty to ensure balance in their reporting. During the debate, however, many guests state that the media fails to cover Indigenous issues in any depth, or that it only focuses on conflict and negativity.

The forum discusses how any negative portrayal of Indigenous stories in the media can shape society and affect public policy. It discusses the effect that the media can have on perceptions of Indigenous people, but also how negativity in the media can affect Indigenous people's perception of themselves.

Prominent Indigenous people are joined by leading media figures in this passionate debate, to discuss whether there is a -right way' for the media to cover Indigenous stories, the consequences when they get it wrong, and who has the right to report Indigenous stories.