Researcher biography
Navin Sam Regi (Sam), is an award-winning documentary producer and digital storytelling expert with a decade of experience in creating socially impactful narratives. His work, rooted in capturing untold stories and amplifying marginalised voices, spans across community-focused journalism, healthcare documentation, and innovative oral history projects.
His storytelling expertise extends to projects like My Little Sunshine, documenting grief in partnership with Queensland's only children's hospice, and the groundbreaking First 100 Days of Voluntary Assisted Dying project with Metro North and QUT. Sam is also the founder of Talking Stories, specialising in personalised storytelling, with high-profile collaborations such as the Indian Diaspora Oral History Project with the National Library of Australia.
As a Teaching Associate at the University of Queensland, Sam also brings his industry experience to academia, where he coordinates courses in social justice storytelling and media strategies. His MPhil research explored process journalism in aged care, a topic on which he has published.