Busy and productive day at the Rural Communications Research Cluster workshop @Deakin. So many bright ideas and clever collaborations.

Two days of Summer School at the Waterfront Campus - so many fresh ideas and new connections. Thanks @Deakin HDR team for a great event.

Studying a PhD at @Deakin takes you to new heights! Field work in Cooma, Snowy Mountains, NSW.

I was at The Bairnsdale Advertiser speaking to the owners and newsroom workers there last week, and I've ended up in a podcast on the masthead's website today! Check it out here:

Field trip #1. In the Wimmera town of Donald today to interview the owners of the @BulokeTimes, a newspaper that has been serving its community since 1875.

The @withMEAA wants to know what you think are the most important issues in regional journalism. Tell them via their survey:

Bit excited and a bit scared - my submission 'The sustainability of Australia's country newspapers' has been accepted as a presentation at the upcoming Australia Media Traditions conference @AusMediaTrad.

Congratulations to @MRicketson and @andrewcdodd on their new book Upheaval, launched by @LisaMillar last night. Great personal insights from journalists into the impact of changes that have occurred in newsrooms over the past decade or so.