Stan Grant’s next career move is revealed after he left the ABC following racial abuse
- Grant has left the ABC altogether
- New role as journalism professor at Monash University
Stan Grant has left his job at the ABC for a new career as a journalism professor at Melbourne’s Monash University.
On Tuesday it was announced that Grant had resigned as a permanent employee at the national broadcaster, months after he went on leave due to racist abuse.
Grant had stepped down as host of Q+A in May after being exposed to “relentless racist filth” after appearing on a panel discussing colonialism ahead of King Charles’s coronation.
Monash University has since announced that Grant has now been appointed as the inaugural director of the Constructive Institute for the Asia Pacific region in the Faculty of Arts.
In this role, Grant will lead projects and debates that “embrace global solutions, nuance and dialogue with editorial cultures.”
He will also serve a dual role as a journalism professor.
Stan Grant has left his job at the ABC for a new career as a journalism professor at Melbourne’s Monash University
The Constructive Institute is based in Denmark and Grant will fly to the European country for six weeks on Wednesday.
He will remain based in Sydney but will travel between Melbourne and Denmark for the role.
“This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for me. It aligns with my values and is based on my 40 years in journalism, as well as my commitment to better doing public interest journalism in a way that serves the public at a time when the stakes could not be higher for our country and for the world. ,’ he said.
Grant added that he felt he could teach people things about the toxic news culture.
“I’ve been in the crosshairs of the worst of our cultural piles. And I think we can all learn, me too, we can all learn how to do this better,” he said The protector.
Professor Katie Stevenson, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Monash University, said there was no one better to ‘lead the case for a more solution-oriented, democratic approach to journalism’.
“In addition to the Institute’s mission, our media students will be privileged to draw on Stan’s rich experience and understanding of media, and his passion for changing news culture for the better,” she said.
Grant announced this on Tuesday he had resigned weeks ago as a permanent employee at the ABC, but insisted there was no “bad blood” between him and the public broadcaster.
The former ABC host said he still wanted to work with the network in the future, but just had other things he wanted to do.
Last month, the ABC revealed that Grant would not be returning to host Q+A, but said he would “move on to new projects” within the company.
Grant revealed on Tuesday that he had resigned as a permanent staff member at the ABC weeks ago, but insisted there was no “bad blood” between him and the public broadcaster.