Upper management and finance types might disagree on this, but boots-on-ground journalism is a co-op sport, not a competitive one.

I see outlets bemoan that there's no local government coverage, but there's little solidarity or support for the regional papers that are handling it.

#ausmedia #media

They each add some new voices or analysis, and you end up with a whole picture of what is going on - of who is going to be impacted and how.

No single newsroom can do it alone. Especially these days.

But in regional newsrooms, that's what you have to do. Constantly. While also living there.

If you want to learn a lot about your friends and loved ones this holiday season, give them five minutes and a captive audience.