Dr Jeannine Baker
Lecturer
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
- Email:jeannine.baker@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4055 0910
Career Summary
Biography
In 2021 I was awarded the Media Studies Grant from FIAT/IFTA to produce a series of multimedia online articles about women in early Australian television in partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia - winner of the 2022 Oral History Australia Media Award. In 2018-19 I was a British Academy Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex, where I worked on the AHRC-funded 'Connected Histories of the BBC' project and co-curated (with Kate Murphy) the '100 Voices That Made the BBC: Pioneering Women' website. In 2017 I was awarded the biennial Ferguson Prize for Labour History for my article ‘Women journalists and the pretence of equality’ (Labour History, 2015), and I was awarded the 2014 Dennis-Wettenhall Prize at the University of Melbourne for my PhD thesis about Australian women war reporters in World War II.
My first book, Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam (NewSouth) was published in 2015. With Michelle Arrow and Clare Monagle I co-edited Small Screens: Essays in Contemporary Australian Television (Monash University Publishing, 2016). I have co-edited three special journal issues, Women's History Review: 'Labour, Media and Technology' (2022), with Kaitlynn Mendes and Kate Terkanian; Feminist Media Histories: 'Transnational Broadcasting' (2019) with Kate Murphy and Kristin Skoog; and Media International Australia: ‘Gendered labour and media’ (2016) with Justine Lloyd.
I have extensive experience in the media and museums sectors as a producer/director, researcher, writer, and curator. I produced Holding a Tiger by the Tail: Jessie Litchfield (Earshot, ABC Radio National, 2015), about the Darwin newspaper editor and journalist Jessie Litchfield, and Fler and the Modernist Impulse (Hindsight, ABC Radio National, 2011) about the impact of modernism on the Australian home. I wrote and directed the television documentary Our Drowned Town (SBS TV, 2001) about the flooding of the NSW town of Adaminaby for the Snowy Mountains Scheme.
I was Deputy Director of Maquarie's Centre for Media History (2016-2019), and Centre Manager: Research and Engagement of the Creative Documentary Research Centre (2022). I served on the judging panel for the Lowy Institute’s 2017 Media Award.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
- Master of Arts, University of Technology Sydney
Keywords
- Australian History
- Feminist media studies
- Labour History
- Media history
- Media production
- Production studies
- Storytelling
- Women's History
Languages
- English (Mother)
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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430309 | Gender history | 40 |
470107 | Media studies | 30 |
470106 | Media industry studies | 30 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/2/2017 - 1/2/2020 | Macquarie University Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Australia |
1/4/2014 - 31/3/2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Macquarie University Department of Media, Communication, Creative Arts, Language and Literature Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/4/2022 - 31/12/2022 | Centre Manager: Research and Engagement | Macquarie University Creative Documentary Research Centre Australia |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2022 |
Oral History Australia Media Award Oral History Australia |
2017 |
Ferguson Prize Australian Society for the Study of Labour History |
Prize
Year | Award |
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2014 |
Dennis-Wettenhall Prize University of Melbourne |
Teaching
Code | Course | Role | Duration |
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CMNS3333 |
Multiplatform Journalism School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences | University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 20/2/2023 - 2/6/2023 |
CMNS3333 |
Multiplatform Journalism The University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 26/2/2024 - 14/6/2024 |
CMNS3160 |
Transmedia Documentary School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences | University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 20/2/2023 - 2/6/2023 |
CMNS1100 |
Foundations of Media Production University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 17/7/2023 - 30/11/2023 |
CMNS3150 |
Radio & Podcasting University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 26/2/2024 - 14/6/2024 |
CMNS3160 |
Radio & Podcasting School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences | University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator | 20/2/2023 - 2/6/2023 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2016 | Arrow M, Baker J, Monagle C, Small Screens Essays on Contemporary Australian Television, 240 (2016) | ||
2015 | Baker J, Australian Women War Reporters Boer War to Vietnam, NewSouth, 288 (2015) |
Journal article (15 outputs)
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2022 |
Baker J, 'Women's Activism Behind the Scenes: Trade Unions and Gender Inequality in the British Film and Television Industries', JOURNAL OF BRITISH CINEMA AND TELEVISION, 19 109-111 (2022)
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2021 |
Baker J, Mendes K, Terkanian K, 'Labour, media and technology: editors' introduction', WOMENS HISTORY REVIEW, 31 533-541 (2021)
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2021 |
Baker J, Hall N, 'Rigged against them: women camera operators at the BBC during the 1970s and 1980s', WOMENS HISTORY REVIEW, 31 603-625 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
Baker J, Connors J, ''Glorified typists' in no-man's land: the ABC script assistants' strike of 1973', WOMENS HISTORY REVIEW, 29 841-859 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Baker J, 'Australian women working in British broadcasting in the 1930s and 1940s', Feminist Media Histories, 5 140-167 (2019) [C1] This article analyzes the connections between gender, labor, and mobility by tracing the transnational careers of two Australian women who began working at the British Broadcastin... [more] This article analyzes the connections between gender, labor, and mobility by tracing the transnational careers of two Australian women who began working at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the 1930s and 1940s: Peggie Broadhead and Muriel Howlett. Both participated in the production of media content aimed at British diasporic audiences while at the same time negotiating their own Australian national identity and sense of belonging, within an imperial framework. A close study of institutional and private archives reveals that these professional responsibilities and tensions resulted in the formation of a new transnational identity of "Dominions broadcaster."This article reveals the agency and adaptability of Australian women working in international broadcasting, and argues that through their labor and mobility they inscribed and made real the idea of imperial and Commonwealth networks.
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2018 |
Baker J, ' Once a typist always a typist ', Feminist Media Histories, 4 160-184 (2018)
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2017 |
Baker J, 'Woman to Woman: Australian Feminists' Embrace of Radio Broadcasting, 1930s-1950s', AUSTRALIAN FEMINIST STUDIES, 32 292-308 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Baker J, Lloyd J, 'Gendered labour and media: histories and continuities', MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA, 161 6-17 (2016) [C1]
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Creative Work (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2022 | Baker J, The women who made Australian TV, https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/women-who-made-australian-television-1-beginnings-television, National Film and Sound Archive website (2022) | ||
2015 | Baker J, Holding a Tiger by the Tail: Jessie Litchfield, ABC Radio National (2015) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 5 |
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Total funding | $87,621 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20233 grants / $21,436
Women in NBN-3$9,604
Funding body: Janet Copley Bequest
Funding body | Janet Copley Bequest |
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Project Team | Dr JEANNINE BAKER |
Scheme | School of Humanities and Social Science - Copley Bequest Pilot Research Fund |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2024 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3300 – Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3300 |
UON | N |
Women in New Zealand television production, 1960-1990$9,332
Funding body: Royal Television Society
Funding body | Royal Television Society |
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Project Team | Doctor Jeannine Baker |
Scheme | Shiers Trust Award |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G2300815 |
Type Of Funding | C3500 – International Not-for profit |
Category | 3500 |
UON | Y |
CHSF Conference Travel Grant$2,500
Funding body: College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle
Funding body | College of Human and Social Futures | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | CHSF - Conference Travel Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20211 grants / $7,871
Media Studies Grant$7,871
Funding body: FIAT/IFTA International Federation of Television Archives
Funding body | FIAT/IFTA International Federation of Television Archives |
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Project Team | Dr Jeannine Baker |
Scheme | Media Studies Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
20181 grants / $58,314
British Academy Visiting Fellowship$58,314
Funding body: British Academy
Funding body | British Academy |
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Scheme | Visiting Fellowship scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2023 | Honours | Freedom of speech and Australian broadcasting and podcasting | Communication & Media Studies, University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2023 | PhD | How Do We Remember the Past? How Do We Understand One’s Family History Through the Telling of Connected Traumatic Events? | Med Studs Not Elswr Classified, University of Newcastle, Australia | Co-Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | What Can We Learn from the Stories of Women with Complex Relationships in the NSW Public Health System? | PhD (Cultural Studies), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Listening to Women: A Creative Exploration of Experiences in the NSW Healthcare System | Med Studs Not Elswr Classified, University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | Switched On: A History of Regional Commercial Television in Australia | Communication & Media Studies, Macquarie University | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Jeannine Baker
Position
Lecturer
Creative Industries
School of Humanities, Creative Ind and Social Sci
College of Human and Social Futures
Contact Details
jeannine.baker@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4055 0910 |
Office
Building | NUSpace |
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Location | Newcastle City , |