Media innovation and the civic future of Australia's country press

在新闻和公益新闻的未来面临前所未有的危机之际，这项研究将采取参与性的方法，为数字时代的澳大利亚国家媒体制定和测试创新议程。长期合作伙伴Deakin和Country Press Australia将对该行业的公民价值进行首次全面评估，并提供急需的证据和战略，以重新思考媒体创新，为行业实践和联邦通信政策提供信息。结果将包括实现该行业作为创新的驱动力的合作潜力，这些创新可以增加高质量的新闻和信息流，并确保为农村地区服务的报纸的可持续性。

At a time when the future of news and public interest journalism is facing unprecedented crisis, this research will take a participatory approach to developing and road-testing an innovations agenda for Australia’s country press in the digital era. Longstanding partners Deakin and Country Press Australia will provide the first comprehensive assessment of the sector’s civic value and provide urgently needed evidence and strategies to rethink media innovation, inform industry practice and federal communication policy. Outcomes will include realising the industry's collaborative potential as a driver of innovations that can increase quality news and information flows and ensure the sustainability of newspapers serving rural areas.