Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia

Name

Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia

Legal name

Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia Incorporated

Website

https://jeraa.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Australia

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: JERAA is funded primarily through membership fees from journalism academics and educators at universities across Australia. The association awards annual research grants ($6000 per round), teaching awards, and the Anne Dunn Scholar Award from these fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

JERAA is a nonprofit professional association that serves journalism educators and researchers across Australian universities by providing individual membership, an annual academic conference, awards and research grants, two publications (the peer-reviewed Australian Journalism Review journal and the collaborative student journalism outlet The Junction), and public advocacy on press freedom and journalism education standards. It does not sell commercial products; its core offering is community building, professional recognition, and scholarly exchange for the Australian journalism academic community.

Product overview

JERAA is a professional association for journalism educators and researchers in Australia, not a software or technology company. Its core offerings include the collaborative student journalism platform The Junction (produced by universities across Australia and the Pacific), the peer-reviewed Australian Journalism Review journal, and various awards programs including the Ossie Awards for student journalism, the JERAA Teaching Award, JERAA Research Award, Anne Dunn Scholar Award, and JERAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The association also organizes an annual conference. These products and services support journalism education, research, and professional development rather than commercial technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Junction: A publication project of JERAA allowing university journalism schools in Australia and the Pacific to work together on reporting projects.
• Ossie Awards
• Australian Journalism Review

Products and services

• The Junction A collaborative news platform operated by journalism schools across Australian and Pacific universities, producing stories across text, video, audio, and photo formats. It serves as a training ground for student journalists while providing public-interest journalism. Editorial oversight is by an editorial board of JERAA academics.
• Australian Journalism Review A peer-reviewed academic journal publishing research on journalism studies, with a twice-yearly frequency. Previously published solely by JERAA and now published by Intellect to enhance international reach and profile, for journalism academics, researchers, and postgraduate students.
• Ossie Awards National awards recognising excellence in student journalism across multiple categories including text, video, audio, photojournalism, and investigative reporting. Specialised prizes include the John Newfong Prize for Indigenous Affairs, Mindframe, Our Watch, and Dart Centre awards. Open to Australian student journalists.
• JERAA Teaching Award Annual award (with $2,000 prize) recognising outstanding work by journalism educators in Australian university journalism programs. Inaugurated in 2019.
• JERAA Research Award Research grant awarded to support journalism and media research projects, typically providing $6,000 to 1-2 pilot projects per round, open to journalism academics and researchers.
• Anne Dunn Scholar Award A $3,000 prize awarded to a journalism academic for a body of research work, established jointly with the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association in 2014 in memory of Professor Anne Dunn.
• JERAA Postgraduate Scholarship Scholarship supporting postgraduate journalism students in their academic pursuits at Australian universities.
• JERAA Annual Conference Annual conference bringing together journalism educators, researchers, and industry professionals to discuss developments in journalism research and education. Includes keynotes, panels, paper presentations, HDR/ECR pre-conference sessions, and the Ossie Awards dinner.
• JERAA Membership Individual annual membership for journalism academics and educators at Australian universities, providing access to the annual conference, awards and grant eligibility, publications, and member-only networking and advocacy activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual research grants of $6,000 awarded to 1-2 pilot projects per round, with the 2021 JERAA Research Award going to a news on community radio project.
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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Channel 31 (Community Television)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 May 2019Channel 31, a Melbourne-based community TV station, broadcast the 'Election 2019' live television program produced by JERAA student journalists. The program was relayed to Adelaide, Perth, and CBAA's network of radio stations.
• Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and IdeascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas provided a generous financial contribution to the 2019 national student election broadcast project led by JERAA. This funding supported student reporters from 20+ universities covering the federal election, producing stories for The Junction and a live television program 'Election 2019' broadcast on Community TV.
• OurWatchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019OurWatch developed a suite of curriculum materials on responsible reporting of violence against women for journalism students, created in partnership with Associate Professor Margaret Simons, the DART Centre, and the Domestic Violence Resource Centre. JERAA supported and promoted trialling of the curriculum with universities.
• DART Centre Asia PacificminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The DART Centre (journalism and trauma) partnered in the development of curriculum materials on responsible reporting of violence against women for journalism students, alongside OurWatch, Associate Professor Margaret Simons, and the Domestic Violence Resource Centre.
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The ICRC developed training resources ('The Story Behind the Story') adapted for Australian journalism students who may report from conflict zones. ICRC Australia Mission in Canberra is exploring integration of this content into journalism university courses, offering free delivery by ICRC staff.
• Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019CBAA's network of radio stations carried the 'Election 2019' television program audio alongside the Channel 31 broadcast, extending reach of JERAA's student journalism project.
• Junction Journalism (The Junction)coreOthers · 1 January 2019The Junction is a collaborative student journalism publication project of JERAA, allowing university journalism schools across Australia and the Pacific to work together on reporting projects including national elections. Editorial oversight is by an editorial board of JERAA academics.
• Australian Journalism Review (Intellect Publisher)coreOthers · 1 January 2019From 2019, the Australian Journalism Review — JERAA's peer-reviewed journal publishing quality research twice-yearly — is published by Intellect to enhance the journal's international reach and profile.
• Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014JERAA and ANZCA jointly award the Anne Dunn Scholar Award, a $3,000 prize for journalism academic research, established in 2014 to commemorate the life and work of Professor Anne Dunn, a past JERAA president.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR): Global scholarly association covering media and communication research with a wider disciplinary footprint than JERAA, providing the international umbrella under which journalism education researchers also convene.
• Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA): Australia's main journalist and media industry union, overlapping with JERAA in advocacy on press freedom and journalism standards but representing practitioners rather than educators.

Direct peers

• European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA): European-level academic association for communication and journalism research and education, with overlapping conference, journal and thematic section structures serving a comparable academic membership.
• Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA): Broader communication studies association for the Australia/NZ region that co-awards the Anne Dunn Scholar Award with JERAA, providing a related membership body for adjacent communication disciplines.
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC): The largest US-based association for journalism and mass communication educators, with comparable conference, awards and journal programs serving the same journalism academic constituency at scale. Most direct international functional peer to JERAA.
• Journalism Education Association of New Zealand (JEANZ): The New Zealand peak body for journalism educators, operating as a parallel national association with similar conference, awards and advocacy functions in a closely related Trans-Tasman market.
• World Journalism Education Council (WJEC): International council specifically focused on journalism education, of which JERAA is an affiliated member, providing direct comparability in mission and cross-border coordination of journalism curricula.

Others

• DART Centre Asia Pacific: Trauma-focused journalism training organisation that partners with JERAA on curriculum for journalism students, addressing an adjacent training-and-education mission for the same educator audience.
• Australian Press Council: National press standards body that co-sponsors the Ossie Awards (Journalism Student of the Year prize) and addresses journalism standards and ethics from an industry rather than academic angle.

Emerging players

• Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: Oxford-based research centre producing influential journalism research, reports and training programs that overlap with JERAA's research and curriculum development mission in the journalism education space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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