School of Arts and Humanities

Associate Professor Kylie Boltin

Kylie is an Associate Professor within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Current teaching

• SCR5101 - Production Preparation
• SCR5120 - Screen Studies 1
• SCR6125 & SCR3224 - Screen Project: Web series

Background

Associate Professor Kylie Boltin is a multiple Walkley award-winning journalist and producer in the categories of Digital Storytelling (2014 for 'Cronulla Riots: The Day that Shocked the Nation') and Innovation (2022 for 'Ravi and Emma'). Kylie is also the recipient of a NSW Premier’s Literary Award for screenwriting (2021 for 'Missing') amongst other local and international awards.

Kylie worked at SBS Australia for eight years as a commissioning editor and executive producer, across interactive, multiplatform, TV, and OnDemand. Her experience at both SBS and NITV commissioned content includes feature documentaries, TV series, single programs, social media, and the web. Kylie has provided coverage on multiple TV series in development working with both emerging and established writers and adapting existing materials.

Kylie’s projects are culturally and linguistically diverse and she strives for best practice co-creation, including First Nations and Disability across all her writing, academic, and project-based work. She has led dozens of high-impact projects, across multiple platforms, working with partners including government, peak industry bodies, and advocates. Her work has been widely exhibited at film festivals including SXSW in Austin, Texas, and International Documentary Festival Amsterdam where she was most recently awarded the IDFA Creative Technology Award.

Professional associations

• 2024 - The Centre for Inclusive Education, C4IE (External Affiliate Member)
• 2024 - Alumni Membership: Varuna The National Writers House
• 2020-2021 - Advisory Artform Board Member: Multi-arts Board, Create NSW
• ACCTA Member (Producing and directing)
• Film Critics Association of Australia

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

• 2021 - Creative Technology Award DocLab Digital Storytelling Competition, IDFA
• 2021 - Walkley Award, All Media: Innovation
• 2021 - SXSW Interactive Award finalist in the category of ‘Social and Cultural Impact’
• 2020 - Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting (joint winner) NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
• 2019 - PXN International Prize
• 2019 - Walkley Award finalist in the category of All Media: Innovation
• 2019 - NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communication Awards finalist “Public Interest Award”
• 2018 - Walkley finalist in the category of All Media: Innovation
• 2017 - UN Media Award finalist, Best Online
• 2017 - Walkley finalist, All Media: Innovation
• 2015/2016 - Winner iTunes Best of 2015 Best of 2016
• 2016 - Webby Awards finalist, Best Individual Editorial Experience category
• 2015 - UNAA Media Peace Awards – Best Online, Special Commendation
• 2015 - Gold Award Winner – 3ws General Website Categories – Experimental
• 2015 - Premier’s Multicultural Media Awards finalist, Best Investigative Story
• 2014 - UNAA Media Awards finalist, Best Online
• 2014 - Screen Producers Australia Award finalist, Outstanding Interactive Production
• 2015 - Premier’s Multicultural Media Award, Best use of online and digital media
• 2015 - ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Award, Best Game / Multimedia Production
• 2014 - Walkley award, ‘All Media Multimedia Storytelling’, Cronulla Riots: The Day that Shocked the Nation
• 2014 - AIB Award (International Media Excellence Award), Factual Online Production
• 2014 - UNAA Media Award, Best Online

Other

• 2024 - Varuna Residential Fellowship
• 2022 - Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP) Fellowship
• 2021 - UQ Creative Writing Fellowship
• 2020 - Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship
• 2019 - Our Watch Fellowship (administered by the Walkley Foundation)

Research areas and interests

Kylie's research covers the fields of digital storytelling, immersive media, co-creation, multicultural and diverse representation and inclusive storytelling.

Kylie is currently a partner investigator in a successful ARC linkage grant, ‘Thriving in Vertical Schools: The impact of urban vertical schools on students’ capability and wellbeing’. (2022-2024) LP200301274 with the Queensland University of Technology.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2010.
• Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours), The University of Melbourne, 1999.

Research Outputs