Deadline: 5 August 2024
The 2023-24 “Change Our Game Women in Sports Media” Program is designed to provide women who are interested in sports media the knowledge, skills and industry contacts to progress their career in this industry.
This Program is open to previous graduates of the Change Our Game Women in Sports Media Program (including earlier versions of this Program), or non-graduates with exceptional relevant experience in sports media and/or sport industry knowledge.
This Program will be adapted to the needs of successful applicants, with a focus on:
- enhancing and refining sports media skills, which may include commentary and calling play-by-play, producing for all media, presenting opinion pieces and research and preparation.
- developing industry connections to support in securing paid employment in the industry.
Outcomes
The Advancing Career Round aims to achieve the following outcomes:
- increased knowledge of industry structures and diverse career paths, that enable women in sports broadcasting and media.
- more women with skills and confidence in sports media.
- more women in paid sports media roles.
- more industry organisations are connecting with women in sports media.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for the Program, applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- be a graduate of the Women in Sports Media Program (Foundation Round) or Change Our Game Women in Sports Broadcasting Program (Pilot or Introductory streams), OR be able to demonstrate exceptional relevant experience in sports media and/or sport industry knowledge.
- identify as a woman, including those who are trans, gender diverse or sistergirl.
- be 18 years of age or over.
- live in Victoria.
- Applications from eligible individual who are also from targeted or under-represented cohort(s) are strongly encouraged. These cohorts include:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
- women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
- women with disability.
- women from regional and rural communities.
- the LGBTIQA+ community.
- women from low socioeconomic areas.
For more information, visit Victoria State Government.