Supporting the sustainability of Australia's local news ecosystem

该项目旨在了解澳大利亚主要的公共广播公司ABC如何最好地支持农村和地区社区的公益新闻，特别关注该国地方新闻生态系统中脆弱和服务不足的地区。该项目将开发有关媒体力量的新知识，以及新闻提供者如何合作以确保地方新闻的可持续性。预期成果包括确定和界定新闻需求领域的框架、对现有干预措施的评估以及改进信息质量的经过实践检验的方法。该项目应通过支持地方新闻形式，最终提高小城镇的人口健康和社会结构，从而产生效益。

This project aims to understand how Australia’s main public broadcaster, the ABC, can best support public interest journalism in rural and regional communities, with a specific focus on fragile and underserved areas of the nation’s local news ecosystem. The project will develop new knowledge around media power and how news providers can work together to secure the sustainability of local news. Expected outcomes include a framework to identify and define areas of news need, an assessment of existing interventions and road-tested approaches to improve information quality. The project should provide benefits by supporting forms of local journalism that ultimately enhances the demographic health and social fabric of small towns and cities.