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Report

News media in Australia: 2025 report


This report examines Australia’s news market across six indicators that measure the state of diversity across professional news in Australia. It finds that free-to-air TV and news websites continue to be the most popular platforms used to consume news, while social media continues to be the most popular platform for accessing news among younger Australians.
Discussion paper

Epistemic security 2029


This paper draws urgent attention to securing healthy and robust information supply chains within the UK and building resilience to adverse influences. It identifies points of vulnerability in today’s information supply chains and sets out five actionable recommendations that can be taken by government to safeguard its epistemic security, setting an example for others.
Report

Generative AI & journalism

Phoebe Matich

This evidence-based report aims to familiarise the reader with a wide array of AI in journalism use cases, provide grounding on the legal and ethical issues that journalists and audiences identify regarding this technology within journalism, and reveal news audiences’ expectations regarding how this technology should or should not be used.
Report

Local news coverage of Victorian council elections 2024


A study of news media coverage of nine Victorian councils before and during the 2024 Victorian local government elections. It suggests that the editorial interest in and capacity to produce independent coverage of council elections remains high.
Policy

News Media Assistance Program: Government’s role in news and journalism


Journalism is facing systemic pressures that threaten Australians’ access to quality, public interest reporting. This policy framework identifies the Australian Government’s policy objectives for news and journalism. It outlines the role of government, public policy objectives, principles for policy design and implementation, and the development of policy measures.