Julianne Schultz
Professor Julianne Schultz
- Post Nominals: AM, FAHA, FRSN
- Fellow Type: Honorary Fellow
- Elected to the Academy: 2010
Biography
Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA is the founding editor of Griffith REVIEW, the award-winning literary and public affairs quarterly established by Griffith University in 2003 to provide a public intellectual leadership and a platform for long-form essays addressing topical issues beyond the daily news agenda.
Dr Schultz is a professor at Griffith’s Centre for Cultural Research, Chair of the Queensland Design Council and a director of the Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Grattan Institute; Foundation for Public Interest Journalism; Centre for Advanced Journalism; Editorial Board of the Companion of Australian Media; and a member of the advisory board of High Resolves Initiative; the leadership council of the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Enterprise and an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation.
Following her role as co-chair of the Creative Stream at the 2020 Summit in April 2008 she was appointed a member of the then Minster for the Arts’ Creative Australia Advisory Group, and remains actively involved in the development of national cultural policy. She was the author of a report on new models of funding the arts and creative sectors, New Models, New Money, and a lead member of the ongoing research project that has been funded by all Australian governments and private benefactors.
Julianne Schultz received her doctorate from the University of Sydney and is the author books including Reviving the Fourth Estate (Cambridge Uni Press); Steel City Blues (Penguin); Not Just Another Business (Pluto), co-author of The Phone Book (Penguin), the editor of more than 30 other books and collections, the author of numerous chapters on journalism and media practice and the librettos to two operas, Black River and Going into Shadows.
She began her career as a reporter with the ABC and Australian Financial Review. As an academic and journalism educator she was the founding director of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney.
She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2009 for her services service to the community as a journalist, writer, editor and academic, for fostering debate on issues affecting society and for professional ethics and accountability.