Capturing the 'Authentic Voice': Challenges and Opportunities for Voice and Self-representation in Two ABC Storytelling Projects
Abstract
This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges that arise within storytelling projects that are facilitated by public service broadcasters and that aim to amplify the voices of ‘ordinary people’. In particular, it focuses on two of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s current life storytelling projects: ABC Open and Heywire.
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