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Kristy Hess

Kristy Hess

The Conversation

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Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it

Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it

The crisis facing local journalism is playing out the world over. A new report charts what other countries are doing in response and what Australia...

05.10.2025 8

The Conversation

Kristy Hess

Local papers are central to our democracy. We must do more to bring them out of crisis

Australians who are unaware of stories about social disorder and crime gripping Alice Springs must surely have been hiding under a rock as big as...

10.09.2024 1

The Examiner

Kristy Hess

Local papers are central to our democracy. We must do more to bring them out of crisis

Australians who are unaware of stories about social disorder and crime gripping Alice Springs must surely have been hiding under a rock as big as...

10.09.2024 1

Canberra Times

Kristy Hess

Local papers are central to our democracy. We must do more to bring them out of crisis

This is the second piece in a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the first piece in the series here. Australians who are...

09.09.2024 1

The Conversation

Kristy Hess