Julianne Schultz

Julianne Schultz
Born	(1956-01-02) January 2, 1956 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Scholar, media executive, writer, editor
Years active	1970s–present
Known for	Establishing Griffith Review; emeritus professor at Griffith University
Notable work	The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation

Julianne Schultz AM FAHA (born 1956) is an Australian scholar, media executive, writer, and editor. She established the Australian literary and current affairs publication Griffith Review and presently holds the title of emeritus professor at the Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University.

Early years and education

Born on 2 January 1956 in Hamilton, Victoria, Schultz completed her secondary education at St Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Queensland in 1976, during which time she served as co-editor of the student publication Semper Floreat. In 1996, Schultz earned her PhD from the University of Sydney, focusing her research on the fourth estate’s function within Australian journalism. Additionally, she obtained a Graduate Certificate in management from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales in 2003.

Career

Schultz started her professional journey as a researcher and producer with the ABC in Brisbane before moving to Melbourne in 1977 to work as a reporter for The Australian Financial Review. Following a period as a journalist based in London, she returned to Australia to produce for ABC TV's Four Corners in Sydney in 1981. The next year, she joined the NSW Institute of Technology (which later became UTS) as a journalism lecturer, progressing to senior lecturer by 1986 and associate professor by 1989. During this time, she founded and led the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism until 1994.

From 1991 to 1994, Schultz was a visiting fellow at the Australian National University. Upon moving back to Brisbane, she took on the role of adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology and contributed as associate editor and columnist for The Courier-Mail between 1995 and 1997. Between 1998 and 2000, Schultz held the position of general manager overseeing corporate strategy and communications at ABC Sydney.

She has served on the board of Strategies & Solutions Group Pty Ltd and provided consultancy services related to media, digital innovation, and cultural sectors. In 2003, Schultz was appointed professor and inaugural editor of Griffith Review, published by Griffith University. The journal has showcased the work of nearly one thousand contributors and has led to more than 150 books inspired by its essays and narratives. In 2018, Schultz assumed the role of publisher for Griffith Review, with Ashley Hay stepping into the editor position.

Personal life

Schultz is married to Ian Reinecke AM, a technology consultant, and they have two children together. Her sister, Cindy Schultz Ferguson, formerly worked as a management consultant, while her brother Andrew Schultz is recognized as a classical music composer. Julianne contributed libretti for two of Andrew’s operas: Going into Shadows (2001) and Black River (1992).

Honours

In recognition of her achievements as a writer, editor, and academic, Schultz was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2009. She was named an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities in 2010. Earlier, in 1997, she earned a commendation from the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for outstanding commentary published in The Courier-Mail. The opera film adaptation of Black River received the Opera Screen Grand Prix award at Opéra Bastille, Paris in 1993.

Professional roles

Throughout her career, Schultz has occupied a variety of board-level roles. She was a member of the Ideas for Australia Advisory Committee at Monash University from 1991 to 1994, coordinated the Brisbane Women's Media Forum in 1997, and participated on the Appeal Committee for the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance during the same year. Between 1996 and 1998, she contributed to the ABC Independent Complaints Review panel. Schultz also acted as an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Educational Foundation from 2008 to 2013 and has been a longstanding member of the advisory board for the Centre for Advancing Journalism at University of Melbourne since 2000. Additionally, she has served as a judge for prominent literary and journalism awards, including chairing the Premier's award panel at the Queensland Literary Awards in 2015.

In 2008, Schultz co-led the Creative Australia Stream at the Australia 2020 Summit held at Parliament House alongside actress Cate Blanchett. She chaired the Queensland Design Council from 2009 until 2013 and headed the National Cultural Policy Reference Group between 2011 and 2013.

Schultz held the position of chair for the Council of the Australian Film Television and Radio Authority from 2012 to 2015 and resumed this role for an additional year starting in March 2016. From 2009 to 2014, she was a director on the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Her board service also includes a tenure at the Grattan Institute, Melbourne, spanning from 1998 to 2013. Earlier in her career, Schultz was a director at Copyright Agency Ltd between 1997 and 2000 and served on the Communications Law Centre board from 1990 to 1994.

Books

• Reinecke, Ian & Julianne Schultz, The phone book: the future of Australia's communications on the line, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1983
• Steel City Blues (1985)
• Not Just Another Business (1994)
• Reviving the Fourth Estate (1998)
• Journalism: Print Politics & Popular Culture (edited with Ann Curthoys, 1999)
• Schultz, Julianne, The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW, 2022

Essays and reporting

• Schultz, Julianne, "We are what we eat," Introduction, Griffith Review 27, Autumn 2010, pp. 1–4

Critical studies and reviews of Schultz's work

The idea of Australia

• Phiddian, Robert (October 2022). "The figure in the carpet: the stories we tell ourselves". Australian Book Review. 447: 34–35.

External links

• Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (archived 22 August 2010)
• Griffith Review website