Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
Lisa Waller is a Professor of Digital Communication at RMIT University, Australia. Her research interests include News media and Indigeneity in settler colonial nations, research methodologies for journalism, media representation and the legal system, as well as regional and rural news media. Lisa has a background in print journalism and writes about her research from time to time for mainstream publications.
Local newspapers are an 'essential service'. They deserve a government rescue package, too
Apr 04, 2020 07:03 am UTC| Economy
The coronavirus pandemic has spawned a lexicon of its own. We have had to quickly incorporate words like self-isolation and social distancing into our everyday language to navigate it. Essential service is another one....
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