Deakin University academic, Alison McAdam, was in East Gippsland recently to examine the success of the Bairnsdale Advertiser. Ms McAdam is a lecturer in communications with the university's School of Communication and Creative Arts. She is presently undertaking PhD research into local newspapers that are 'bucking the trend of decline by managing to increase or maintain their paying audience'.Ms...
Outgoing East Gippsland Shire Mayor, Cr Mendy Urie, has spoken about her year in the top job, describing it as a big year. Local government is always a wild ride, Cr Urie said in an interview with the Bairnsdale Advertiser this week. Cr Urie stepped down as mayor last month, with her deputy, Cr Mark Reeves, from Marlo, elected as the new mayor.Cr Urie described the first 12 months of the new...
