Ourselves

The Local Paper’s parent company, Local Media, which also publishes the Melbourne Observer, this year celebrates its 50th anniversary of its origins. A clear snapshot of the mindset of Observer publisher Maxwell Newton is given in the interview Ash Long conducted with him in 1975. Long was aged 18. The interview was published in Farrago, the

Dindi Daily is coming in 2019. We’re excited about our new daily TV newscasts, starting soon.

Have a sneak peek at Dindi.TV, the region’s new TV channel. The first broadcast was recorded for posterity at a purpose-built studio at The Local Paper’s offices. Regular broadcasts, with a full local news service, will commence early in the New Year. As well as news, local businesses will have the opportunity of sharing their information

What counts most. Local support. The following businesses have signed for every-issue full-page advertising in The Local Paper in 2019. 1. Killingworth Hill Cafe and Whisky Bar 2. Hall’s Funerals 3. Landmark Harcourts Alexandra and Yea 4. GLA Real Estate (double-page-spread) 5. Yarra valley Brazzen 6. McCormack Funerals 7. Geoff Lambert, Dental Prosthetist 8. Northern

The Local Paper continues its clear reign as the best-read media outlet in the Murrindindi region. Online readership in December, to date, is averaging 1312 visits DAILY. Previous months have shown DAILY visits to the website to be 964 (September), 692 (October) and 944 (November). The December online rate equals 9184 visits WEEKLY. (Source: AWStats) Some

From Editor Ash Long In the coming year, 2019, I will celebrate 50 years in newspapers. As the 2018 publishing year draws to a close, I want to say a sincere thanks to the thousands of people who have helped along the way. Last week, as an example, I photographed 110 people for our Local

Maintaining a good local media outlet for local residents on a sustainable long-term commercial basis means partnering with local advertisers. Good local journalism means energetic reporting about local people and their doings. The Local Paper consistently has more news and photos of local people than any other media outlet, and does so with integrity. Evidence-based

The local business community has given its tick of approval to The Local Paper – yet again. As at November 28, forward orders for 39 full-page ads every issue for all of 2019 have already been placed with The Local Paper, about to enter its fourth year of publication. Ads create local business and local

The Local Paper has the region’s biggest internet audience of any local media outlet. We have had 87,784 requests in August, September, October and November (to date). That’s 731.5 per day. Or 5120.5 per week. Source: Analog Stats Add the 3675 print copies of The Local Paper each week. With the industry-accepted readership of 2.4 people per

The Local Paper’s cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson has won the prestigious Stanley Award. Matt was at the Cartoonists Association convention in Canberra, and took the Stanley Award for Animator Cartoonist 2018, for his animation Mysterical Planet. Matt is pleased and excited with his second Stanley Award. His first was in 2015.