Engaging with Croakey

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Croakey Health Media funding consortium

Membership of the Croakey Health Media funding consortium is available for organisations that align with our values and work. Please contact Laurell Grubb for more information.

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A proposed new model for public interest journalism

In addition to the options outlined above, Croakey Health Media has developed an innovative proposal for embedding public interest journalism into research projects.

In this model, editorial control rests with Croakey working to an MoU with the research team governing ethics, processes and research integrity. A team from Croakey Health Media would work on the project, taking on different roles throughout its life; for example, as writers, designers and editors (with works of journalism including articles, video, photographs, images, publications and other content), as social media contributors, and as co-authors of academic articles.

The benefit of having a number of the Croakey Health Media team involved is that we all bring different skills and experiences to the work that will value add to the outcomes. Croakey.org would be the media publishing partner, publishing the related works of journalism. These would also be available for publishing on the project website and newsletters etc, and Croakey would work proactively to co-publish with other media partners to increase the impact of related works of journalism.

As well as producing works of independent public interest journalism, this model would:

Develop new knowledge about the theory and practice of research translation and impact
Develop new knowledge about the theory and practice of social journalism and public interest journalism
Assist the research team to develop new knowledge
Provide significant works of journalism on matters of public interest relating to the research context, questions and outcomes
Contribute usefully to research processes and outcomes while maintaining editorial independence
Develop new models to sustain public interest journalism at a time of crisis.

This model is NOT providing public relations or communications services.

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Public interest journalism is an important determinant of health, due to its roles in accountability and holding power to account, empowering communities, and contributing to health literacy. A strong public interest journalism sector contributes to planetary health and health equity, as well as healthier people, communities, societies, and systems of governance.

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

Croakey has a mixed revenue stream that includes support from members of our funding consortium. There are four tiers of funding consortia:-

Health Equity Champion
Health Equity Star
Health Equity Heart, and
Health Equity Supporter

The details of each tier can be found here and a list of current consortium members can be found here.

If you would like to be part of one of the Consortia, please contact us at: laurell@croakey.org.

You can also support Croakey by subscribing to our weekly email bulletin or by making a donation.

What people say about Croakey

Croakey has been a platform which has encouraged Aboriginal voice and actively sought it out. I started out as a reader, then followed on Twitter, was a guest tweeter on @WePublic health, and have become a contributor. The more I got involved, the more I realised what an unique platform Croakey is, because of the way it challenges mainstream media.

Dr Summer May Finlay

Yorta Yorta woman, public health practitioner, PhD, #Just Justice team member, Croakey contributor

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So happy to be creating and coding for such a dedicated, professional and good-humored team.

Mitchell Ward

Artistic Director and web developer at Croakey Health Media

The Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (21OPCC) is the leading conference in the Oceanic region for anyone who is interested in quality palliative care and end-of-life care, thought-leadership, information, and ideas. Contracting Croakey Media Services for September 2021, ensured PCA maximum media coverage to a wider audience across health, medical and social sectors. Croakey published in-depth news features previewing and promoting the conference, and Croakey journalists live Tweeted the conference across the conference and pre-conference events, contributing to our conference trending on the 9th of September 2021. Croakey also allowed PCA to manage the @WePublicHealth twitter account, which further helped us share the conference to a bigger audience. In total Croakey provided eight articles and an hour-long podcast post-event. Delegates noted the interaction with Croakey as a great asset to the event and it was a pleasure to work with such a committed, talented and diligent group of professionals. Thank you again for your work, and we hope to continue our relationship in years to come.

Kellie Sydlarczuk

National Events Coordinator, Palliative Care Australia

Croakey has pioneered an unprecedented role in providing an open forum for the revelation and exchange of thinking on health in Australia. Thanks to the indefatigable Croakey team, we have a place where players from all corners of health can share ideas, news and commentary.

Mark Metherell

health journalist, CHF

Croakey – like a sore throat spreading amongst friends – helps to spread healthy ideas rapidly through the blog and the Twittersphere. Thank you Croakey.

Michael Moore

Public health leader

Loved the program. Love the Croakey news service – think it really gives the conference a bigger audience!

Great event and extensive social media coverage

Conference delegates

The Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (#21OPCC)

Croakey is health media rather than medical media. You should be reading it every day if you’re interested in health services or population health.

Ben Harris-Roxas

Public health leader

If you care about a public health issue, or want others to care, get it online and get it on Croakey.

Professor Tarun Weeramanthri

Public health physician

Croakey gives us our daily dose of independent thinking, discussion and debate on all things public health. The broad mix of contributors, topics and prolific tweets combine to make it a valuable and lively source of news and food for thought for all Australians.

Shauna Hurley 

Monash University

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)

Croakey is one of the few places where public health “activists” can vent their spleen. (I’m not sure why we’re called ‘activists’, but we certainly need a place to ‘vent’.) It’s also a useful place for journalists/media to find contacts who can speak intelligently on public health issues.

Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM

Public health nutrition "activist"

Engaging with Croakey

Croakey Health Media funding consortium

A proposed new model for public interest journalism

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

What people say about Croakey

Follow us on social media

Merchandise

Contacts

Projects

Testimonials

Donations

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

What people say about Croakey

Follow us on social media