The Office for Women in Sport and Recreation is excited to announce the expansion of the 2023-24 Change Our Game Women in Sports Media Program. The program is designed to support women who have an interest in sports media and kick start their careers.
Facilitated by experienced producers Emma Race and Lucy Race, participants are provided with practical skills and advice, and access established industry mentors including Kelli Underwood, Nat Edwards and Rana Hussain.
- The program is designed to support women who are interested in sports media with the knowledge, skills and industry contacts to progress their career in this industry.
- This round is for or women either looking to start, or are in the early stages of, a sports media career.
- The program will include a full day face to face workshop, delivered by Making The Call, led by industry experts Emma and Lucy Race.
Successful participants can look forward to:
- An understanding of the sports media industry and options for career pathways
- Practical skills including commentating and calling play-by-play, producing for all media platforms (radio, TV, online and podcasting), pitching and framing stories and storytelling, interview techniques, capturing the play (inc. photography and videography), research and preparation
- Clear and individualized goals for future career development
- An alumni network of like-minded individuals.
- Applications close at 5pm AEDT on Wednesday 27 March 2024.
Visit changeourgame.vic.gov.au for more information on the program.
The Conversion of Sport - Key findings from research into the representation of women in sports coverage in Victoria.
The launch of the program coincides with the release of The Conversation of Sport: Representation of Women in Sports News Coverage. The report outlines the underrepresentation of women in sports news in Victoria in 2022-23.
Reducing the gap in media coverage is fundamental to advancing gender equality in sport and beyond.
Key findings of the report include:
- Sports news coverage focused on women’s sport remained a minority at only 15%.
- Only 4 of the largest 20 sports by volume of coverage were found to have at least balanced coverage (>40%).
- Women’s sport was more likely to be limited to the coverage of results, and less likely to receive deeper coverage and analysis.
- Women were only provided with the opportunity to contribute 27% of bylines, although were 62% more likely than men journalists to report on women’s sport.
- Men were 12 times more likely to be a source for women’s sport, than women were to be a source for men’s sport (excluding comments by athletes).
Learn more about the report at: Change Our Game | The Conversation of Sport - Are Women Visible in Sports News Coverage?