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Kristy Hess is Professor of Communication at Deakin University's School of Communication and Creative Arts, researching local news sustainability, media policy, and civic engagement in digital environments. She examines news deserts, platform impacts on journalism, and crisis communication in rural/regional contexts.
Key research areas:
- Local news innovation and audience engagement strategies
- Policy frameworks for media diversity and sustainability
- Misinformation in under-served communities
- ABC's role in supporting local media ecosystems
Hess leads an ARC Linkage on local news sustainability and co-edits 'Digital Journalism'. She received the ICA Journalism Studies Public Engagement Award (2024) and has authored 'Local Journalism in a Digital World' (Palgrave, 2017).
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