Tracking, understanding and engaging news audiences
Heartbeat of Australia
This project aims to address the existential crisis of local news by developing a barometer of the health of local news ecosystems informed by longitudinal audience surveys, stakeholder in-depth interviews and case studies of marginalised audiences.
Expected outcomes include a robust evidence base to assess the value of local news to audiences and wider society, and innovative new strategies to better address the challenges the news industry faces in adapting to the digital environment. By devising strategies to produce and deliver quality local news that is financially sustainable, the project aims to deliver significant benefits to the news industry and the wellbeing of individuals and communities across Australia.
Funding
This is a one-day ICA 2024 postconference event that will bring together the research community and stakeholders from the news industry to have an open dialogue about what has worked and what hasn’t in developing funding models in the online news environment.
Registrations will open on 1 March 2024. For further information please email us. Please submit your abstracts before 1 February, 2024.
Park, S., Lee, J. Y., Curll, S., Fisher, C., McCallum, K., Tyrrell, P., Levesque, L., & Mihalovich, A. (2024). Local news and audiences’ wellbeing: the roles of motivation, satisfaction, and trust. Communication Research and Practice, 10(1), 7-22.
Prof Sora Park
Prof Kerry McCallum
Dr Jee Young Lee
Ms Sonia Curll
Dr Janet Fulton
Ms Jing Su
Prof Robert Picard
Mr Alex Mihalovich
Mr Paul Tyrrell
Mr Jarrah Petzold
Ms Lisa Levesque
Ms Karen Rogers
Ms Sally Roscholler
Ms Jane Burton
Ms Saja Merei
Get in touch to find out more about the Heartbeat of Australia project.
