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Supporting the sustainability of Australia’s local news ecosystem

Supporting the sustainability of Australia’s local news ecosystem

This project aims to understand how Australia’s main public broadcaster, the ABC, can best support public interest journalism in rural and regional communities, with a specific focus on fragile and underserved areas of the nation’s local news ecosystem

This project aims to understand how Australia’s main public broadcaster, the ABC, can best support public interest journalism in rural and regional communities, with a specific focus on fragile and underserved areas of the nation’s local news ecosystem. The project will develop new knowledge around media power and how news providers can work together to secure the sustainability of local news. Expected outcomes include a framework to identify and define areas of news need, an assessment of existing interventions and road-tested approaches to improve information quality. The project should provide benefits by supporting forms of local journalism that ultimately enhances the demographic health and social fabric of small towns and cities.

PROJECT TEAM

Prof Kristy Hess

Prof Matthew Ricketson

Prof Susan Forde

Dr Angela Ross

Mr Hugh Martin

Project Funding

This project is funded by the Australian Research Council and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (partner contribution).

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