StoryCasters 2.0 – Announcing 2024 Graduates

StoryCasters 2.0 Graduation cohort, mentors and project team members. Photo credit: Anna Hay for Diversity Arts.

StoryCasters is a unique training and mentorship hub for future citizen journalists and digital producers across the disciplines of writing, reviewing, podcasting, and photography.

StoryCasters 2.0 by Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) is supported by Multicultural NSW, Media Diversity Australia, Sweatshop Literacy Movement, Arts and Cultural Exchange, Create NSW, and Creative Australia.

To commemorate their incredible achievements, a graduation ceremony was held at the Arts and Cultural Exchange on July 11, 2024.

Congratulations to the phenomenal StoryCasters 2.0 graduates.

StoryCasters 2.0 Graduates

  • Anushri Sood
  • Cherry Zheng
  • Danial Yazdani
  • Joannie Lee
  • Karen Leong
  • Kian Farzam
  • Lina Ali
  • Magdalene Konneh
  • Mia Shouha
  • Samantha Haran
  • Abhishek Gurjar
  • Abhranil Hazra
  • Jhames Montemayor
  • Maybelline San Juan
  • Nina Williams
  • Adrian Mouhajer
  • Benjamin Tiger La
  • Gabriela da Rocha
  • Gum Guo
  • Michelle Elias
  • Miwa Blumer
  • Pratha Nagpal
  • Stephanie Mora
  • Wendy Chen

Graduation Guest Speakers

  • Uncle Graham Davis (Welcome to Country)
  • Lena Nahlous (DARTS CEO)
  • Simone Amelia Jordan (StoryCasters 2.0 Program Manager)
  • Daniel Nour (Multicultural NSW)

StoryCasters 2.0 Speakers

  • Mia Shouha (Writing stream)
  • Abhishek Gurjar (Podcasting stream)
  • Gum Guo (Photography stream)

StoryCasters 2.0 Mentors & Trainers

  • Sheree Joseph (Writing stream)
  • Winnie Dunn (Writing stream)
  • Nadyat El Gawley (Podcasting stream)
  • Isabella Moore (Photography stream)

StoryCasters 2.0 Events Team

  • Joanne Cooper (Administration Officer & Executive Assistant to CEO, DARTS)
  • Ayesha Mahmud (Research Assistant, DARTS)
  • Tannika Keaton (Tech Support, ACE)
  • Anna Hay (Photo documentation)
  • Phoenix Eye Films (Audio-visual documentation)
  • DJ Craig ‘C’ Man (Music)

Diversity Arts Australia is excited to support each StoryCasters graduate as they continue their creative journeys in the future. A heartful thank you to the all project partners, mentors and supporters of this next generation of storytellers. View more photos in the gallery.