The 2019 Southern Community Media Association conference is underway this weekend in Wagga.

In a media environment where public and commercial newsrooms are having their funding continuously squeezed, the community sector is well positioned to do more local news, Ahern Media and Training CEO Steve Ahern told the CBAA conference last week.

The former broadcaster has developed new tech for reporting from the field. 

From true crime to petty crime, the book is the memoir of one of Australia's most experienced court reporters.

In changes taking place across the Nova network, Sydney morning show presenter Greg Burns will now be heard across more states, and local news bulletins will decrease.

John Highfield looks back on 50 years of AM for radioinfo.

Australian brands and local government departments will now be able to react faster to events, trends and breaking news stories. 

EarTrigger, a new service launched this week by audio specialist agency Eardrum, allows advertisers to piggy-back topical stories with a radio or music streaming campaign, created and broadcast nationally within 24 hours. 

“Citizen journalism is seen as new, but the activity is as old as human kind,”  Margaret Simons from the Centre for Advancing Journalism told a CBAA Conference session this morning.
 
“People have been committing acts of journalism for centuries by sharing news and information with each other.
 
“Every human language has a word that means news…