Federal cultural policy 2016: Minor portfolio

TY - GEN

T1 - Federal cultural policy 2016: Minor portfolio

AU - Eltham, Benjamin Carl

N1 - The articles in this minor portfolio represent a coherent body of reporting in my role as Arts correspondent for Crikey. 2016 was another turbulent year in the federal Arts portfolio and saw a number of important funding cuts flowing through to client organisations of the Australia Council. The works document new knowledge in the form of primary source journalism and reporting, including the gathering of novel qualitative data in the form of interviews with politicians, policy-makers, public officials, subject matter experts and interest group representatives. The methodology is one of traditional political journalism, combining qualitative research and reportage with statistics, charts and other quantitative evidence to form analysis of Australian public policy throughout. Articles are of typical length for the online environment (800-1,200 words) and are deeply sourced, with many hyperlinks referring to evidence. Read together, the works in the portfolio constitute a detailed overview of Australian cultural policy in 2016, particularly the ongoing controversy over the funding of the Australia Council, and amount to a minor contribution to the “first draft of history” in this field.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

KW - arts and cultural policy

KW - Australia

KW - public policy

KW - journalism

KW - professional writing

KW - Australia Council for the Arts

M3 - Other contribution

PB - Crikey

CY - Melbourne Vic Australia

ER -