In accordance with COVID-19 restrictions, this event has now reached its audience capacity. This event will also be livestreamed , and supported by open captions, so please follow this link to register https://www.eventbrite.com/e/regional-media-in-the-digital-age-summit-virtual-event-tickets-185365442027

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the School of Communication at Bathurst, and to launch our new Bachelor of Communication - the only Communication degree co-designed, co-developed and co-delivered with distinguished alumni and leading industry partners - Charles Sturt University is hosting the Regional Media in the Digital Age Summit.

Regional media is in crisis, not only in Australia but across the world. New technologies have disrupted delivery modes, fragmenting audiences. No longer does the evening television news or the local morning paper set the agenda. News is increasingly accessed through a narrow lens of group postings. Local media play a central role in a sense of community. The accelerating loss of regional media undermines community; it also prevents regional citizens from playing their full part in the nation.

Hosted by Charles Sturt University’s Professor Stan Grant Jr and Emeritus Professor Christina Slade, and featuring a keynote address by the Managing Director of the ABC, David Anderson, the Summit will include a thought-provoking panel discussion examining digital disruption and the future of media.

Hear from special guest speakers and panel members;

David Anderson, Managing Director, ABC
Zoe Daniel, journalist
Lee Glendinning, Head of Content Curation & Platforms , ABC
Grant Blackley, CEO & Managing Director , Southern Cross Austereo
Dr Caroline Fisher, academic
Shaun Devitt, Head of Media, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang

Please note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, numbers to this live event will be limited and COVID safe practices will apply. As per Public Health Orders, you must be fully vaccinated to attend this event.

For all event enquiries, please contact: engagebathurst@csu.edu.au

More information please see our website: https://about.csu.edu.au/community/events/upcoming/bathurst/regional-media-in-the-digital-age-summit