SBS appoints new boss of Indigenous content

A Birri and Guugu Yimidhirr woman, Tanya Denning-Orman has been tasked to build on the SBS network’s growth and success in First Nations storytelling.

The new role, says SBS, will also be focused on enhancing organisational capability, supporting community engagement and partnerships and driving the ongoing development of Indigenous staff and the employee experience.

Ms Denning-Orman moves into this new role after almost five years on the SBS Executive team as SBS’s director of Indigenous content and 12 years of running National Indigenous Television (NITV) as part of the SBS network.

“This marks another chapter for SBS in bringing Australians together to benefit from increasing understanding and connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories, cultures and history,” Ms Denning-Orman said.

“It demonstrates the vital role First Nations perspectives have as part of a network that has a history of being a pioneer in ensuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have an authentic voice and a platform in the national media and an ambition and commitment to reach higher and continue to do more.”