Local journalism serves as the heartbeat of rural and regional communities across Australia, reporting on stories many big metro outlets do not cover, keeping regions connected and informed and holding power to account.
But nor has it been smooth sailing in recent times, with the closures of dozens of long-established local mastheads raising fears that large parts of regional and rural Australia are becoming local news ‘deserts’.
However, amid calls that regional journalism is too important to lose, a number of journalists are taking brave, innovative and entrepreneurial steps to…
