Ellie is the Chair of our Sector Investment Advisory Committee and an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. Ellie researches media policy and community communication, with a current focus on Indigenous media and broadband adoption in remote Australia and remote Sarawak. Her books include Life of SYN: A Story of the Digital Generation (Monash University Press, 2011), Community Media: A Global Introduction (Rowan & Littlefield, 2006) and Internet on the Outstation: The digital divide and remote Aboriginal communities (Institute of Network Cultures, 2016).  Ellie commenced her involvement in the community broadcasting sector at Melbourne’s community television station in the mid 1990s and was previously on the CBF Board for eight years.