Part One: "Don’t let the sun go down on the local media" ft. David Kilgour

The fourth estate refers to the the press and news media’s role in politics and government and their ability to both advocate for and frame political issues; acting as a scale of checks and balances for politicians and government.

In our first episode of this new series, we sit down with David Kilgour to discuss the local media landscape and how it has and continues to change.

David has run the table in terms of his involvement in local media and marketing. Working as a reporter, marketing manager, publisher and professor.

The team draws on David’s many years of experience to help us understand what is happening to local media outlets and markets. How a once vibrant and well read paper went from 18 in the newsroom to 6 and the impact that it has had on the way that stories and events are able to be covered locally.

Is there anyone left to investigate and report on stories the way they used to be, or to hold politicians and would be editorial writers to account in the tales they tell?

And what about the rise of “fake news”? Without the media’s once revered horsepower and anyone to dig down and counter the “source” where does that leave the average citizen and where does it place their faith in what is being communicated to them.

Stay with us as we dig deeper into these issues in the Fourth Estate