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Dr Alison McAdam

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Lecturer in Professional Practice (Communication)

Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Department

School of Comm & Creative Arts

Campus

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus

Contact

alison.mcadam@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 522 73367

    Publications

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    2024

    'Everyone keeps telling us it's going to die': A close examination of 'myths' clouding local newspaper futures in Australia

    Kristy Hess, Alison McAdam

    (2024), pp. 1-14, Media International Australia, London, Eng., C1

    journal article
    2023

    Untapped Potential? Exploring the 'Latent' Local Newspaper Reader in Digital Spaces

    Kristy Hess, Angela Blakston, Jerry Lai, Alison McAdam, Lisa Waller

    (2023), Journal of Communication Inquiry, London, Eng., C1

    journal article

    Media Innovation and the Civic Future of Australia's Country Press: FInal report

    Kristy Hess, Alison Mcadam, Angela Blakston, matthew Ricketson, LIsa Waller, Jerry Lai

    (2023), Melbourne, Vic., A6

    research report/technical paper
    2022

    Outdated or innovative? Examining news practices that have stood the test of time at one of Australia's longest-serving local newspapers

    Alison Mcadam, Kristy Hess

    (2022), pp. 1-13, Media International Australia, London, Eng., C1

    journal article

    Navigating the terrain: a typology of mapping in journalism studies

    Alison McAdam, Kristy Hess

    (2022), Vol. 8, pp. 278-290, Communication Research and Practice, London, Eng., C1

    journal article

    Funded Projects at Deakin

    Industry and Other Funding

    Exploring the local news needs of existing news consumers and new residents in the regional city of Mildura.

    Dr Alison McAdam, Prof Kristy Hess

    Sunraysia Publishing Company Pty Ltd

    • 2024: $2,000
    • 2023: $8,000

    Central Connection: Examining a novel approach to supporting local news diversity in Alice Springs.

    Prof Kristy Hess, Dr Alison McAdam

    Mparntwe Alice Springs Community Foundation Ltd

    • 2023: $10,000

    Supervisions

    No completed student supervisions to report