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Dr Alexandra Wake
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OccupationAssociate Professor of Journalism, RMIT
PositionPresident of JERAA
Qualifications
  • PhD
  • GradCert
  • MA (Research)
  • CERTA
Alma Mater
  • Deakin University
  • RMIT
  • QUT
  • Cambridge University

Alexandra Wake is the President of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) and an Associate Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).[1][2] Wake is Programs Manager of the Graduate Diploma of Journalism at RMIT and sits on the university's Academic Board.[3][4][5][6]

Wake is a member of the UNESCO UniTwin Network on Gender, Media and ICTS,[7] an Education Advisor to Mindframe for Journalists and a member of the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma Asia Pacific (where she was Board Director from 2016 to 2019).[8][9] Wake is the editor and co-author of the book Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific: The battle for trusted news and information (2024).[10] As of January 2025, she is working on an ARC Discovery Project exploring Australian journalism and trauma, and an NHMRC project examining the stigmatization of mental illness through media.[11][12][13]

Prior to academia, Wake worked as a journalist in Australia and overseas for over 25 years.[2] This included a 23-year career at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Academia

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JERAA

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Alexandra Wake has been the President of JERAA since 2018.[1] She is in her second elected term as President and has served on the executive for over a decade. JERAA runs yearly conferences, bringing together its members to discuss issues and advancements in journalism education and research.[14] As JERAA President, Wake has negotiated external funding for the organisation (including grants for collaborative reporting projects from the Judith Nielson Institute).[15]

Wake's work with JERAA means that she is often asked to participate in discussions regarding the Australian media landscape. She has led five parliamentary submissions on Australia media and communications, and has given testimony to others (see 'Parliamentary submissions' below). She is a frequent contributor to media publications, including The Conversation, Crickey, The Interpreter, and The Age (see 'Recent media publications' below). Articles such as Latest $84 million cuts rip the heart out of the ABC, and our democracy have been referenced and republished internationally.[16] She has been recognised by RMIT for this external media contribution. According to her RMIT profile, she received the School of Design and Social Context's Media Star Award five times (2017–2022).[2]

RMIT

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Wake is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Communication, in the College of Design and Social Context (DSC).[2] She has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students across journalism disciplines. She has worked at RMIT since 2004, and has previously taught at Deakin University (Melbourne) and the Dubai Women's College of the Higher Colleges of Technology.[6]

As of January 2025, Wake manages the Graduate Diploma of Journalism at RMIT. In Communication and Media Studies, RMIT is ranked fourth in Australia and in the top 50 universities globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024).[17] According to her RMIT profile, Wake has also supervised four PhDs to completion with another five ongoing.[18] In 2015, Wake received the RMIT University Teaching Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (Graduate Outcomes).[2] In the same year, she was long-listed for a Walkley Grant for Innovations in Journalism, from the national association of Australian journalists the MEAA.[2]

Wake has taken on leadership roles at RMIT and has made contributions to its governing committees. She sat on RMIT's elected Academic Board for two terms from 2016 to 2019, and was re-appointed in 2023.[5][6] From 2016 to 2017, she was also a member of the College Human Ethics Advisory Network (CHEAN).[19] Wake has also shown an interest in student mental health at RMIT. In 2018, she published a journal article discussing the success of her School's 'Listening Circles' (which support students undertaking internships).[20]

Wake has created partnership programs between RMIT and other organizations. In 2020, she organized an online conference for JERAA named 'Transformations in journalism and research, education and practice.'[21] For this work, she was conferred the Dean's Award for Program Impact and Engagement.[2] According to her RMIT profile, she won the award again in 2022.[2] In 2020 she also received the Dean's Award for Indigenous Engagement for her collaboration with IndigenousX.[2] In 2019, Wake secured funding for students from around Australia to produce two national television programs from RMIT's television studios: Australia Votes and Constructive Journalism.[22][23]

Since 2016, Wake has acted as Journalism Placements Coordinator.[24] Wake has secured funding for RMIT students to undertake global internships in Japan, Korea, Timor Leste, Cambodia and Myanmar.[25] She co-authored articles in 2017 and 2020 on the importance of such international experiences.[26][27] She also collaborated on a Virtual Student Exchange between RMIT, Stanford and the University of Peshawar, through which students from each university worked together on stories.[28]

Research

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As of January 2025, Wake is working on two grant-funded projects. In December 2023, her team was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project to work on a historical study of Australian journalism, trauma and community.[11][12] She is also a part of a Melbourne University-led team that was awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant in 2023, which will investigate the role media plays in stigmatizing mental illness.[13]

Wake's research is focused on improving the output of journalists through education, by encouraging ethical and inclusive reporting.[2] Wake completed her PhD thesis in 2015, titled Aiding journalism: Australian journalism educators and their work in post-conflict states.[29] In 2024, Wake edited and co-authored, Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo-Pacific: The battle for trusted news and information (2024).[10] This book investigates the challenges facing media in the Indo-Pacific region, like the dissemination of misinformation and propaganda through social media.[10] Wake has also published peer-reviewed journal articles, two book chapters for Routledge and Springer, and dozens of articles across Australian and international media outlets .[30]

Wake is a contributor to global scholarly conferences such as JERAA's annual conference, the World Journalism Education Congress and the Australia New Zealand Communications Association Conferences (AANZCA)..[31][32][33] In 2021, she led a 'Fact Checking Roundtable' funded by UNESCO through the World Journalism Education Council (WJEC). She co-authored a report in July 2024 which outlined the Roundtable's insights and findings.[34]

Advocacy and engagement

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Wake is involved in national and international journalism networks which seek to improve journalism curriculum and training. She is a member of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and was Director of the Board of the Asia Pacific Chapter from 2016 to 2019. This association works with journalists who are reporting on traumatic events and provides training and resources.[35] From 2021-2023, Wake worked with the Dart Centre on a study titled, Embedding Trauma Literacy Into Curriculum: An Examination of the Attitudes of Australian and New Zealand Journalism Educators.[36]

Wake also works with Mindframe, which endeavors to improve safe media reporting about mental health, suicide, alcohol and other drugs. Through her work with the Mindframe Journalism and Public Relations Education Advisory Group, Wake has produced industry resources and extensive scholarship on mental health and crime reporting.[37] The team has presented at conferences including the 2020 JERAA Conference.[38]

Wake is also an advocate for increasing media diversity in newsrooms across Australia.  Wake works with UNESCO's UniTwin Network on Gender, Media and ICTS.[7] This is a network of global universities which focuses on gender equality in media. As a researcher for the network, Wake "develops international cooperative projects"[7] and has co-edited the Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal.[39] In June 2024, Wake spoke on the ABC's PM Radio regarding the dissatisfaction of women working in media.[40] In 2019, she wrote a chapter on 'Reporting "OTHER" cultures' in the book Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Subjects.[41]

Journalism

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Prior to her move to academia, Wake had an extensive career in journalism. In an interview to Upstart in 2010, Wake described starting her career as a cadet journalist at the Morning Bulletin in Rockhampton in the 1980s.[42] Between 1989 and 1992, she also worked at the Daily Mercury in Mackay and spent a year at the Daily Star in Dublin.[42] In 1992, she began a 23-year career at the ABC.[6][42] Wake worked as News Editor in the Central Queensland Newsroom, and as Senior Journalist and News Reader in Brisbane.[6] In the late 1990s, Wake was sent to the South African Broadcasting Corporation to provide broadcast journalism training. She wrote her Master's thesis on this program in 2002, titled Measuring the success of ABC training in South Africa: A case study in the production of Western Liberal broadcast news values.[43] During her early days in academia, Wake continued to work as a Senior Journalist at the ABC's Pacific News Centre and Radio Australia.[6] She worked her last shift at the ABC in 2015.[6]

Academic publications

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  • Wake, A. (Ed.) (2024) Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo-Pacific: The Battle for Trusted News and Information. Palgrave, London. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47571-9.[44]
  • Wake, A.N., Gordon, F. and Thomas, S. (2024) 'Fact check: still not core curriculum', Pacific Journalism Review: Te Koakoa, 30(1-2), pp. 48-62. DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v30i1.1329.[45]
  • von Nordheim, G., Bettels-Schwabbauer, T., Konigslow, K., Wake, A., et al. (2023) 'The different worlds of Google – A comparison of search results on conspiracy theories in 12 countries', Convergence, pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.1177/13548565231203102.
  • Wake, A. and Smith, E. (2023) 'Happiness and the student journalist', in Belair-Gagnon, V., Holton, A.E., Deuze, M., et al. (eds.) Happiness in Journalism. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, pp. 147-156. DOI: 10.4324/9781003364597-19.[46]
  • Wake, A., Smith, E. and Ricketson, M. (2023) 'Embedding trauma literacy into curriculum: An examination of the attitudes of Australian and New Zealand journalism educators', Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 78(2), pp. 112-126. DOI: 10.1177/10776958231164199.[47]
  • Wake, A. and Ricketson, M. (2022) 'Trauma in the newsroom: Lessons on the importance of Australia's YZ case', Ethical Space, 19(1), pp. 39-49. ISSN 1742-0105. Available from: [1] [Accessed 25 Nov. 2024].
  • Morgan, A.J., Ross, A.M., Wake, A., et al. (2022) 'Stigmatizing and mitigating elements of a TV news report on violent crime and severe mental illness: An experiment', Stigma and Health, 8(1), pp. 93–101. DOI: 10.1037/sah0000358.[48]
  • Nguyen, J., Valadkhani, A., Nguyen, A. and Wake, A. (2021) 'Press freedom and the global economy: The cost of slipping backwards', Journalism Studies, 22(4), pp. 399-417. DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2021.1873822.
  • Wake, A., Fox, K. and Strong, C. (2020) 'Pandemic podcasting: From classroom to bedroom', Teaching Journalism & Mass Communication, 10(1), pp. 29-33. ISSN 2163-9132. Available from: (PDF) Pandemic Podcasting: From Classroom to Bedroom [Accessed 25 Nov. 2024].
  • Weng, E. and Wake, A. (2021) 'Blessed be the educated journalist: Reflections on a religious literacy gap in the field of journalism', Australian Journalism Review, 43(1), pp. 81-87. DOI: 10.1386/ajr_00058_1.[49]

Recent media publications

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  • Wake, A. (2024) 'Powerful groups have hijacked Australian media narratives on climate change, new analysis shows',[50] Crikey, 19 August.
  • Wake, A. (2024) 'We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles – and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage',[51] The Conversation, 24 May.
  • Wake, A. (2024) 'Uni protests are messy, but they prove that campuses have come back to life',[52] The Age, 9 May.
  • Wake, A. (2024) 'India's crackdown on journalists a sour note in the festival of democracy',[53] The Interpreter, 3 May.
  • Wake, A. (2024) 'As China's influence on Pacific media intensifies, Australia can't afford to lose the region's trust',[54] The Conversation, 16 April.
  • Wake, A. and Lidberg, J. (2023) 'What makes a journalist? Let's write professional accreditation into the job',[55] Crikey, 23 May.

Parliamentary submissions

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Written and/or oral evidence includes:

  • 'Submission to the Privacy Act Review',[56] on behalf of JERAA, with Johan Lidberg, 30 March 2023.
  • 'Submission to the Privacy Act Review',[56] with Johan Lidberg, 30 March 2023.
  • 'Submission to the Inquiry into Australia's regional newspapers'[57] (5) on behalf of JERAA, with Peter English, 1 March 2022.
  • 'Submission to the Inquiry into the allegations of political interference in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation by the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee'[58] (5) on behalf of JERAA, with Matthew Ricketson, 13 November 2018.
  • 'Submission to the Future of Public Interest Journalism'[59] (26) with Gordon Farrer, 15 June 2017.
  • 'Submission to the Future of Public Interest Journalism'[60] (39) with JERAA executive, 15 June 2017.
  • 'Submission to Inquiry to the ABC Amendment'[61] (4) with Rural and Regional Advocacy, 29 February 2016.

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Alexandra Wake". RMIT University. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  4. ^ "Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)". RMIT University. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  9. ^ "People". Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  10. ^ a b c Wake, Alexandra, ed. (2024). Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific. London: Palgrave Macmillan Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47571-9. ISBN 978-3-031-47570-2.
  11. ^ a b "Grant — DP240101293 — Monash University". Australian Research Council. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  13. ^ a b "Mitigating the impact of the media on stigmatising attitudes towards people with severe mental illness". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  15. ^ "JERAA hails Judith Neilson Institute Constructive Journalism Project". jeraa.org.au. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  16. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Ward, Michael (2020-07-01). "Latest $84 million cuts rip the heart out of the ABC, and our democracy". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  17. ^ "QS World University Rankings for Communication & Media Studies 2024". Top Universities. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  19. ^ "Human research ethics". RMIT University. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  20. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Moore, Kristy (2018-01-01). Listening Circles for Journalism Placements (Report). Gold Coast, Australia: Griffith University. pp. 130–138. doi:10.25439/rmt.27373818.v1. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  21. ^ "2020 Conference theme announced". JERAA. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  22. ^ Wake, Alexandra (2019-06-10). "Australian first student national election TV broadcast". JERAA. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  23. ^ "Campuses Collaborate to Construct New Journalism". JERAA. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  24. ^ Little, Wendy (2017-09-28). "Journalism students to work in Japan". RMIT University. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  25. ^ "Countries". International Internships. 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  26. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Sison, Marianne D.; Muir, Rilke (2017-11-01). "Supporting International Student Mobility Through Resourced International Internships". Asia Pacific Media Educator. 27 (2): 249–263. doi:10.1177/1326365X17728830 – via Sage Journals.
  27. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Sison, Marianne D.; Muir, Rilke (2016-01-01). "'Global Work Ready': Enhancing employability through resourced international internships". WIL 2020: Pushing the Boundaries - Proceedings of the 2016 ACEN National Conference. Australian Collaborative Education Network Limited: 57–61. ISBN 9780980570632 – via RMIT Research Repository.
  28. ^ Bowen, Keith; Khan, Altaf; Wake, Alexandra (2019-01-01). "Virtual Student Exchange in journalism: Collaborative reporting through new media and technology". Australian Journalism Review. 41 (1): 53–66. doi:10.1386/ajr.41.1.53_1. ISSN 0810-2686 – via RMIT Research Repository.
  29. ^ Wake, Alexandra (2015). Aiding journalism: Australian journalism educators and their work in post conflict states (PhD thesis). Deakin University. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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  31. ^ "Previous conferences". JERAA. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  32. ^ "2025 Congress Committee". WJEC 2025. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  33. ^ "Conferences & Events". AANZCA. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  34. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Gordon, Farrer; Thomas, Sonny (2024-07-01). "Fact check: Still not core journalism curriculum: Report from WJEC Roundtable". Pacific Journalism Review. 30 (1): 48–62. doi:10.24135/pjr.v30i1and2.1329 – via Research Gate.
  35. ^ "Home". Dart Center For Journalism & Trauma. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  36. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Smith, Erin; Ricketson, Matthew (2023-04-11). "Embedding Trauma Literacy Into Curriculum: An Examination of the Attitudes of Australian and New Zealand Journalism Educators". Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 78 (2): 112–126. doi:10.1177/10776958231164 (inactive 14 January 2025) – via Sage Journals.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2025 (link)
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  38. ^ "Mindframe team presents to leaders in journalism research, practice and education". Mindframe. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  39. ^ "NEWS". UNESCO UNITWIN NETWORK ON GENDER, MEDIA and ICTs. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  40. ^ "A third of women in media want to quit, report finds". ABC listen. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  41. ^ Wake, Alexandra (2019). "Reporting "OTHER" cultures". In Luce, Anne (ed.). Ethical Reporting of Sensitive Topics. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781351166324.
  42. ^ a b c "Alex Wake - Working Journalist profile". upstart. 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  43. ^ Wake, Alexandra (2002). Measuring the success of ABC training in South Africa: A case study in the production of Western Liberal broadcast news values (Masters thesis). Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  44. ^ Wake, Alexandra, ed. (January 14, 2024). "Transnational Broadcasting in the Indo Pacific". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47571-9. ISBN 978-3-031-47570-2.
  45. ^ Wake, Alexandra Nicole; Gordon, Farrer; Thomas, Sonny (July 1, 2024). "Fact check: Still not core journalism curriculum: Report from WJEC Roundtable". Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa. 30 (1 & 2): 48–62. doi:10.24135/pjr.v30i1.1329 – via CrossRef.
  46. ^ https://research-repository.rmit.edu.au/articles/chapter/Teaching_Student_Journalists_to_Refill_their_Happiness_Tanks/27420771#:~:text=Is%20published%20in-,10.4324/9781003364597%2D19,-2.
  47. ^ Wake, Alexandra; Smith, Erin; Ricketson, Matthew (June 1, 2023). "Embedding Trauma Literacy Into Curriculum: An Examination of the Attitudes of Australian and New Zealand Journalism Educators". Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 78 (2): 112–126. doi:10.1177/10776958231164199 – via SAGE Journals.
  48. ^ Morgan, Amy J.; Ross, Anna M.; Wake, Alexandra; Jorm, Anthony F.; Kashihara, Jun; Reavley, Nicola J. (February 14, 2023). "Stigmatizing and mitigating elements of a TV news report on violent crime and severe mental illness: An experiment". Stigma and Health. 8 (1): 93–101. doi:10.1037/sah0000358 – via CrossRef.
  49. ^ Weng, Enqi; Wake, Alexandra (June 1, 2021). "Blessed be the educated journalist: Reflections on a religious literacy gap in the field of journalism". Australian Journalism Review. 43 (1): 81–97. doi:10.1386/ajr_00058_1 – via intellectdiscover.com.
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  51. ^ Wake, Alexandra (May 24, 2024). "We analysed 30 years of Australian media articles – and unearthed some glaring gaps in the coverage". The Conversation.
  52. ^ Wake, Alexandra (May 9, 2024). "Protests have brought university campuses back to life". The Age.
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