3Cmedia: Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media Making Links through Digital Storytelling Issue 5 (October) 2009 ONLINE NOW! http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/ This issue of the Journal of Community, Citizen’s and Third Sector Media and Communication (3CMedia) provides important insights into how a particular form of community-based digital media practice is being used in a variety of contexts to facilitate social participation through storytelling and creative expression. Papers are based on selected presentations given at the 5th annual Making Links conference, held at The University of Melbourne from 11th to 13th November, 2008. Aneta Podkalicka and Jonathan Staley report on the development, operation and management of a youth media program, YouthWorx Media and how digital storytelling is being used in conjunction with community radio to engage disadvantaged young people. Peta-Marie Standley and her colleagues introduce The Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways (TKRP), an Indigenous-owned community, training and environmental consultancy, that uses new media tools including digital storytelling techniques to reconnect people to place and to demonstrate the value of the ancient Indigenous knowledge system in providing solutions to issues of contemporary concern. Natalie Davey and Samia Goudie report on the Hope Vale – Pelican project. This partnership between the Elders of Hope Vale, and Pelican Expeditions, a marine research and education service provider aims to promote social and emotional wellbeing and caring for country. In 2007 and 2008 a digital storytelling media camp was embedded into the project and extraordinary stories were produced. Throughout 2009 the State Library of Queensland (SLQ) collaborated with individuals and Indigenous communities across Queensland in an initiative that used digital storytelling to capture responses to the Apology made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Jean Burgess and Helen Klaebe report on the collaborative process used to capture responses from Brisbane-based individuals. The Australian Centre for the Moving Image is one of the few cultural institutions of its kind worldwide. Helen Simondson charts the development of the Digital Storytelling program at ACMI. About 3CMedia and the Making Links issue 3CMedia is a scholarly e-journal which aims to provide a forum for promoting, reporting and debating research in community-based, citizen's and 'third sector' media and culture. 3CMedia is published by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and access to the journal is free of charge. Contributions covering a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, research methods and topics are welcome. All papers published in 3CMedia are subject to a process of blind peer review and many are based upon papers presented in the academic stream of the Community Broadcasting Association's Annual Conference or the annual Making Links conference. Making Links (see also www.makinglinks.org.au) is a conference that seeks to engage interested people, organisations and groups working at the intersection of social action and information technology, including community workers, educators, trainers, non-profit organisations, people who work with marginalised groups, activists and researchers. One of the program streams in the 2008 conference was dedicated to digital storytelling. For more information about 3CMedia, and to see current and previous issues, visit the journal website: http://www.cbonline.org.au/3cmedia/ Dr Christina Spurgeon Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Media & Communication Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia Tel: + 61 7 31388184 Fax: + 61 7 31388195 Email: c.spurgeon@qut.edu.au CRICOS No: 00213J -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/