JCNN supports ABI awareness.

Monday, 11th of July, 2011

Synapse was recently approached by Hannah Sorensen, a James Cook University journalism student, interested in producing a radio documentary about brain injury recovery.…

Synapse was able to put Hannah in contact with a Synapse member based in Townsville that was happy to consent to be interviewed. The result is a very good documentary that includes a family’s perspective on life with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI).

The article appears in JCNN, James Cook University’s online news service, which is produced by JCU’s School of Arts and Social Sciences department.

According to the JCNN’s editor, Kylie Davis, JCNN is a digital media platform for students of James Cook University’s Bachelor of Multimedia degree and aims to look at objectively covering topics from an independent perspective.

“JCNN believes in covering stories that no-one else will. Unlike the mainstream media, we have plenty of budding journalists, lots of time, and no advertisers, so we have no need to compromise. We look beyond the press releases to bring you a unique voice from the North. We are proud to bring you stories other publications may consider too ‘taboo’,” said JCNN Editor Kylie Davis.

Taboo topics are of course no stranger to Synapse. Clearly this is something that JCNN and Synapse have in common. Synapse strives to provide the perspective of families and, wherever possible, we aim to include personal stories based on real-life experiences in our own communications.

“ABI changes lives fundamentally, there are highs and lows in the journey and Synapse strives to always provide the whole picture,” said Glen Farlow, Synapse Marketing & Communications Manager.

A recent example of this is Synapse’s recent edition of their quarterly magazine “BRIDGE” which covered the topic of Sex and ABI. A controversial but very necessary topic as couples’ relationships can be impacted greatly after an ABI. From feedback from our readers it was found that intimacy was indeed regarded as an important facet of a rewarding relationship.

Hannah’s radio documentary, entitled “Living With Acquired Brain Injury”, particularly looks at the latest views on how the brain can recover from an ABI. Clear evidence =does exist to support the idea that the brain can recover and the topic of brain

The radio documentary transcript is viewed here: http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/jcnn/makingnews/JCU_082484