Making A Difference
Making A Difference is a podcast by The Junction, a collective of journalism schools at universities around Australia. The podcast is produced by student journalists, and episodes are hosted by a different university each month. Our public interest reporting reflects the depth and diversity of the issues that matter to a broad cross-section of society. You can listen on our website, https://junctionjournalism.com/, or subscribe to receive new episodes on your favourite podcast app.
Making A Difference
Latest Episodes
Episode 57 - Misconceptions
In this post-truth world flooded by AI content, we are all having to find ways of sorting fact from fiction, reality from misguided perceptions, and intended meaning from misinterpretation. In this episode, reporters from Griffith University ad...
Episode 56 - The Last Stop (Swinburne)
It's a ritual we all take part in regardless of our culture or religion or heritage. The funeral, and the wake that follows, is a way to honour the dearly departed and to deal with our own loss. In this episode, Seth Delfin from Swinburne Unive...
Episode 55 - Rooms Of Their Own (University of Sydney)
Women-only spaces have existed for centuries, if only as a response to the way women were excluded from many aspects of society. In this episode, University of Sydney reporter Ella Dungey takes us inside these spaces to explore why they are so ...
Episode 54 - Threads of Connection (Edith Cowan Uni)
There's a growing body of evidence that shows loneliness and isolation is an issue for an increasing number of people. And one of the solutions - connection with others - is often is easier said than done. So, in this episode, student journalis...
Episode 53 - Lives Between The Lines (Swinburne)
This episode by journalism students at Swinburne University looks at the spaces where many people live: from workplaces and communities to culture, money, and identity. These are stories about pressure and adaptation, of being overlooked or und...