Congratulations to Impact Studios, UTS’ in-house podcast studio, for winning two prestigious Signal Awards. In the Kids Single Episode category, the ‘Walk for Truth-Telling’ episode of Hey History! was awarded Gold. In the Diversity and Inclusion Single Episode category, Sink or Swim was awarded Bronze.
Two Signal Awards for Impact Studios
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Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis recording podcast in RES Hub studio
These international awards recognise these programs and the stories they explore as being among the most potent, meaningful and unprecedented audio projects being made today.
Walk for Truth-Telling
Hey History's ‘Walk for Truth-Telling’ episode, made possible by Dusseldorp Forum, was created by Jane Curtis and Anna Clark and based on the journey of Travis Lovett.
Travis walked 513 kilometres to shine a light on truth-telling and the real history and the impacts of colonisation of First Peoples in Victoria through the Yoorrook Justice Commission.
The informative program explores:
- Why telling the truth is important—at school, at home, and in Australian history.
- How 'history' isn’t fixed. Do we know the whole story? Is there another side to the story?
- What is a 'commission'?
- What difference can it make when we tell the truth about history?
- How the Yoorrook Justice Commission has gathered stories and evidence over four years, and what happens next?
Listen to Hey History: Walk for Truth-Telling.
Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim was made by Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis, Dr Britta Jorgensen, Celine Teo-Blockey, Olivia Rosenman, Sarah Gilbert and Alexandra Morris.
The program follows the story of Angelica, who at the start of one scorching hot Sydney summer, is looking for relief. She longs to dive into some cooling water, but there’s one problem. Angelica can’t swim.
Angelica examines what it means to be a non-swimmer in a nation that prides itself on its prowess in the pool, and what stood in her way as a young girl growing up in Sydney’s west. Listeners join Angelica as she mingles with the crowd at a pool party in Mt Druitt, hear from writer Sarah Malik about her own hard-won adventures in the water and get Olympian Shane Gould’s take on Australia’s swimming scorecard.
About Impact Studios
Impact Studios tell stories for impact, taking new knowledge across a wide range of fields to a broad, engaged audience. The team works with academics, businesses, the community, educational organisations, non-profits, and cultural institutions that want to share knowledge through storytelling.
The Signal Awards overall are important because they recognise the best in podcasting across the world, and affirm the significance of a creative form that plays an ever-larger part in millions of listeners’ lives.
All Impact Studios productions are innovative collaborations that seek to transcend disciplinary and professional boundaries to tell compelling stories that have the power to effect real change.
“The Signal Awards overall are important because they recognise the best in podcasting across the world, and affirm the significance of a creative form that plays an ever-larger part in millions of listeners’ lives,” said executive producer Sarah Gilbert.
“We are delighted to be recognised for our talents in bringing together a rich array of voices, and using our collective storytelling skills to amplify those voices. All our podcasts are backed by research listeners can trust, and so it’s wonderful to see our unique collaborative approach recognised with these two Signal Awards.”