News values and country non-daily news reporting: the online revolution's impact

In 2000, the author of this paper conducted an analysis of regional non-daily news outlets. Through a close reading of 40 editions from 10 different Victorian regional non-daily newspapers, and indepth interviews with their editors, the 2000 project found that regional non-daily news outlets faced unique issues and challenges, and even held entirely different news values from their metropolitan counterparts (Vine, 2001: 38 ¿ 48).

Since 2000, however, journalism has undergone several revolutions, the latest of which is the use of digital technology, both as a platform and as a news-gathering tool. Although there has been much written on the impact of online technology on large news organizations (often equated to journalism in general!) there has been very little on how regional newspapers have fared the revolution.