The Centre for Media Transition’s regional news project started in late November 2017 and since then, the state of regional news media has become a more pressing issue.

Australians have a trust issue with journalists. So researchers wanted to know: would audiences be more willing to trust if news media acted more like a friend? In May 2018, the Centre for Media Transition held four workshops in Sydney and Tamworth to ask Australians about their relationship with news media. The focus was on...