‘The News Now’ from the News & Media Research Centre and UCFM is a 7-part series hosted by Dr Caroline Fisher discussing the latest issues and trends in news consumption and attitudes from the Digital News Report: Australia 2024 with researchers and industry experts.
In this conversation, Dr Caroline Fisher and Professor Sora Park unpack how Australians are turning to social media for news, the rise of platforms like Instagram and TikTok, and growing concerns about misinformation and content moderation.
Find out more about the Digital News Report Australia 2025 here: https://www.canberra.edu.au/digital-news-report-australia
In this seventh and final episode Dr Caroline Fisher chats with Dr Richard Fletcher the lead researcher of the global digital news report project that is produced at the Reuters Institute for the Study of journalism at the University of Oxford about the beginnings of the study, the growth of the study and what has happened in the past 10 years.
Find out more about the Digital News Report Australia 2024 here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/digital-news-report-australia
Where do you consume your news? In this episode Dr Caroline Fisher chats with founder and editor of Zee Feed, Crystal Andrews about where consumers are consuming news, the changing nature of news consumption among Gen Z and the growing interest in independent media.
Find out more about the Digital News Report Australia 2024 here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/digital-news-report-australia
Gender and the news. In this fifth episode Dr Caroline Fisher chats with Dr Jee Young Lee one of DNR: Australia’s Co-Authors and Ginger Gorman award winning journalist and author and editor of Broad Agenda about the gap between women and men in news consumption particularly among younger audiences and why news avoidance is particularly high amongst women.
Find out more about the Digital News Report Australia 2024 here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/digital-news-report-australia
Do you pay for news? Will you pay for news? In this episode Dr Caroline Fisher chats with the CEO of Private Media Will Hayward about the challenges of making news financially sustainable.
Find out more about the Digital News Report Australia 2024 here: www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/nmrc/digital-news-report-australia
