In response to challenges faced by the hyperlocal news industry, the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI) has partnered with the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) to develop an industry-wide capacity-building organisation, the Local and Independent News Association (LINA). Research by JNI and CBAA found the most significant challenges identified by founders of hyperlocal […]
Emma Bones is Manager, Special Projects for the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas (JNI), one of the supporting organisations involved in establishing the Local and Independent News Association (LINA) – representing hyperlocal publishers. JNI’s mission is to support and celebrate quality journalism and storytelling in Australia and around the world. Their funding and
Having worked as Editorial Director at the ABC and now Executive Director of the Organization of News Ombudsman, Alan Sunderland understands the importance of ethically sourced news. He says that whilst major newspapers focus on state or territory and national stories, many parts of Australia are missing hyperlocal stories that impact the day to day
Peri Strathearn was the senior journalist for his commercial, local paper, The Murray Valley Standard, when the COVID pandemic hit and the paper shut down during lockdown in April 2020 – a time when news and community reassurance was needed most. It was then that Peri decided to start his own newsletter and website, Murray
In 2018 after 131 years in operation, Bourke’s local newspaper, The Western Herald, was threatened with closure due to declining advertising revenue. Closure would have meant the end of local print media in Bourke, and the end of a newspaper that had been around the outback since 1887. Ian Cole is chairman of the WREB
