It can be both delicate and challenging reporting on mental health related issues. Journalists also have a responsibility to report safely on these topics. Here are four resources for guidance around legal assistance, story ideas, writing about suicide/alcohol/drug use and how to focus on solutions journalism. • Dr Elizabeth Paton from Mindframe presents this video […]
LINA has submitted a response to the Community Broadcasting Sector Sustainability Review, providing contextual information including mechanisms for addressing the ongoing sustainability of community-based media. The response outlines ways in which collaboration between digital newsrooms and community radio stations can generate efficiencies, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, management and content. LINA benefits from a parent-company
Barbara Heggen, editor of community newspaper The Westsider, shares the most heartwarming community projects happening in the multicultural suburbs of Melbourne’s west.
LINA has just conducted its annual survey of member publishers, which helps guide our work supporting hyperlocal and independent newsrooms. Our findings provide us with a snapshot of the local independent news industry in Australia. Here are just a few of the key findings we can share from this year: • LINA members publish a
For local news publishers, being indexed on Google News and Apple News can significantly boost visibility and readership. These platforms curate and distribute content to a broad audience, enhancing the reach of local news stories beyond traditional channels. By being featured on these major news aggregators, local publishers can attract more readers, increase engagement, and
LINA is pleased to be partnering with the Australian Press Council to ensure hyperlocal and independent newsrooms can access membership. This allows audiences for these publications to utilise an external process for complaints or concerns if they feel the news journalism published doesn’t meet professional editorial standards. The Australian Press Council is responsible for promoting
The Local & Independent News Association (LINA) welcomes the recommendation of the Productivity Commission’s philanthropy inquiry that access to Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status be expanded to include public interest journalism. The Future Foundations for Giving inquiry report, released publicly on 18 July, makes several recommendations to the Government, including an overhaul of the DGR
MEDIA RELEASE 10 July 2024 While many newsrooms are now turning to AI tools to review news content, the role of human journalists and editors in verifying and proofing news articles is more important than ever. The service is available to all Australian newsrooms on a pay-per-article basis, with a subsidised rate for LINA member
by Nell O’Shea Carre and Evie Dinkelmeyer In the context of an ever-changing digital and social media landscape, news publishers around the world are finding they need to diversify the ways that they reach people. Newsletters are a great way for publishers to establish and maintain direct connections with their audience – we’ve created this
The Local & Independent News Association (LINA) has launched a pivotal nationwide campaign aimed at growing diverse, community focussed voices in Australia’s embattled media landscape which is dominated by syndicated news and online mis and disinformation. The campaign, ‘Our News. Your Voice‘, calls on Australians to join LINA in actively supporting local and independent news
