Overview
Background
Navin Sam Regi (Sam), is an award-winning documentary producer and digital storytelling expert with a decade of experience in creating socially impactful narratives. His work, rooted in capturing untold stories and amplifying marginalised voices, spans across community-focused journalism, healthcare documentation, and innovative oral history projects.
His storytelling expertise extends to projects like My Little Sunshine, documenting grief in partnership with Queensland's only children’s hospice, and the groundbreaking First 100 Days of Voluntary Assisted Dying project with Metro North and QUT. Sam is also the founder of Talking Stories, specialising in personalised storytelling, with high-profile collaborations such as the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project with the National Library of Australia.
As a Teaching Associate at the University of Queensland, Sam also brings his industry experience to academia, where he coordinates courses in social justice storytelling and media strategies. His MPhil research explored process journalism in aged care, a topic on which he has published.
Availability
- Mr Sam Regi is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Journalism, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Research) of Journalism, Queensland University of Technology
Works
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2025
Conference Publication
Framing resilience: power, expectation, and the media’s role in post-disaster recovery
Sam Regi (2025). Framing resilience: power, expectation, and the media’s role in post-disaster recovery. Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) Conference 2025, Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 December 2025. Brisbane, Australia: Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA).
2025
Other Outputs
The possibilities of process journalism: Insights from news media coverage of the Royal Commission into Aged Care
Regi, Navin Sam (2025). The possibilities of process journalism: Insights from news media coverage of the Royal Commission into Aged Care. Master's Thesis, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.244767
2023
Journal Article
Who or what gets referenced by whom, how often, and in which ways? Exploring journalists' sourcing practices in the context of aged care coverage
Thomson, T. J., Phan, Alex, Holland-Batt, Sarah, Seevinck, Jen, Miller, Evonne and Regi, Sam (2023). Who or what gets referenced by whom, how often, and in which ways? Exploring journalists' sourcing practices in the context of aged care coverage. Journalism Practice, 19 (4), 822-842. doi: 10.1080/17512786.2023.2215237
2022
Journal Article
Visibility and invisibility in the aged care sector: visual representation in Australian news from 2018-2021
Thomson, T. J., Miller, Evonne, Holland-Batt, Sarah, Seevinck, Jen and Regi, Sam (2022). Visibility and invisibility in the aged care sector: visual representation in Australian news from 2018-2021. Media International Australia, 190 (1), 146-164. doi: 10.1177/1329878x221094374
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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