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Croakey Explainer Series: How to get in touch with us

Melissa Sweet
Friday, March 9, 2018

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Croakey is a social journalism project for health – in this recent article in Australian Journalism Review, we explain more about what this means.

As a social journalism project, we publish articles, but we also do more than this: we share news on social media; we facilitate connections; we support skills development among our networks.

We have produced this infographic to make it easier for you to connect with some of Croakey’s many activities.

(Click on Explainer Series – Connect to see a PDF version of this infographic with links to the sites mentioned below).

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A great service that provided value and benefits for the Australian Health Promotion Association as an Association and the health promotion workforce more broadly.

Rebecca Zosel

Executive Officer, Australian Health Promotion Association

Croakey is now well established as compulsory reading for influencers and observers in health and medicine in Australia and internationally – and rightly so. As a blog, it gives voice to people who support or oppose government health and social policy. It allows people to express their views and opinions openly, passionately, and freely – from all perspectives. More importantly, Croakey provides a forum for new ideas and new thinking – based on experiences at the frontline of health service delivery – which we can only hope find their way into future health policy to provide better health services to the Australian community.

John Flannery

Health communications expert

Croakey cuts through health care professional and organisational interests with edgy critiques about the diverse communities they are there for. In other words, you call BS on those with self interest.

Jason Trethowan

Health sector leader

As CEO of the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC), it is my pleasure to write a testimonial for Croakey. In the past three years, VMIAC have happily engaged the services of Marie McInerney and her team at Croakey to cover major events in the life of VMIAC. We have been fortunate to have Croakey cover our awards night last year and our conference the year before. Marie has brilliantly captured the essence of our organisation and the views of our members and stakeholders. I cannot envisage a time when we will not engage Croakey as we find their brand of journalism uplifting, accurate and honest. Marie’s ability to draw out the stories she produces is wonderfully fresh and always empowering. I would not hesitate to recommend Croakey as a leading service to any event.

Maggie Toko

CEO of the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)

We love Croakey! The team here at the ircohe.net use Croakey to show our students what great public health contribution expert media effort can make to the world. True, we contribute stories, but more importantly, we love the difference Croakey makes to the health conversation in Australia.

Professors Marc Tennant, Estie Kruger and Kate Dyson

International Research Collaborative, Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western Australia.

I subscribe to Croakey because it provides breadth and depth in covering health issues that matter at a personal and structural level.
Croakey distils why health policy and programs matter and keeps that focus when analysing details that either enables good outcomes or works against them.
Independent, informed, thought-provoking; not always agreed with, but always worth considering.
Working on health and social policy with the complexities involved, Croakey helps me access concise contemporary insights and informed views. Worth every cent.

Allan Groth

Long-term policy analyst and manager

The future of health care is too important to leave to the mainstream media. Croakey provides a platform for robust, respectful and inclusive debate on the health issues that really matter.

Jennifer Doggett

Croakey editor and health policy analyst

One of my favourite things about Croakey is the active engagement of so many people with a passion for equity and public health.

Dr Melissa Sweet

public health journalist and Croakey founder

Croakey Health Media is an outstanding service and team. They covered our 2023 Planetary Health Equity Hothouse Policy Symposium, generating incredible communication about complex issues in easily digestible ways and with massive reach. We are incredibly lucky to have Croakey Health Media – access to reliable, quality public interest journalism is vital for democracy. I would highly recommend this service and team.

Professor Sharon Friel

Director, Planetary Health Equity Hothouse, ANU – #HothouseSymposium (2023)

Croakey Explainer Series: How to get in touch with us

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