Daniel Featherstone

Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University

Daniel is a Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University leading the four-year ‘Mapping the Digital Gap’ research project on digital inclusion in remote First Nations communities. Daniel was previously General Manager of national peak body First Nations Media Australia, previously Indigenous Remote Communications Association, from 2012-20. From 2001-2010, Daniel managed remote media organisation Ngaanyatjarra Media, coordinating media, telecommunications and digital inclusion programs for 15 communities across WA’s Ngaanyatjarra Lands. His career began in the film industry in Perth and Sydney since 1991. In 2015, Daniel completed a Research PhD on evaluation and policy development of remote Indigenous media and communications.

Experience

2021–present

Senior research fellow, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2020–2021

Archiving Project Manager, First Nations Media Australia
2012–2020

General Manager, First Nations Media Australia
2001–2010

Manager, Ngaanyatjarra Media

Education

2015

Murdoch University, PhD
1998

Australian Film, Television and Radio School, BA Film and Television (Cinematography)
1991

Curtin University, Post-graduate Diploma in Communications (Film & TV)
1988

Curtin University, Bachelor of Applied Science (Mulitdisciplinary)