Kristy Hess

Deakin University — Australia

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

19h-index1.1kcitations137works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Media Studies and Communication(76), Social Media and Politics(36), Gender, Feminism, and Media(17), Cultural Industries and Urban Development(11), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs(10)

Publications136 total

Putting news in its place: An index measurement tool to evaluate local news access
Journalism·2026Open Access
‘I want my town back’: exploring community efforts to resurrect a local newspaper in Alice Springs
Media International Australia·2026Open Access
Media deregulation
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks·2025
Local Visual News Presentation and Sourcing Practices: Insights and Implications
Journalism Practice·2025
Striving for excellence is striving for diversity
2025
Local news is dwindling globally. Here’s how other countries are trying to fix it
2025
The importance of collaboration in meeting Australia’s local news challenges
Australian Journalism Review·2025
Echoing the Call: Standing in Defense of Academic Freedom for Our Field
Digital Journalism·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Voices from the “front lines” of environmental crisis
2025
Pink slime and ‘truthpapers’: why more local news publications is not necessarily better
2025
Re-asserting the Value of Local “News Presence” for Small-town News Outlets in a Digital era
Journalism Practice·2024· 7 cited
Degradation and ‘Desertification’ of Digital Local News Ecosystems
2024· 2 cited
‘Ink in our veins’: insights from Australia’s small-town family newspaper dynasties
Communication Research and Practice·2024· 2 cited
Local papers are central to our democracy. We must do more to bring them out of crisis
2024
Platform paradoxes and public service media legitimacy: a cross-national study
Information Communication & Society·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
‘Everyone keeps telling us it's going to die’: a close examination of ‘myths’ clouding local newspaper futures in Australia
Media International Australia·2024· 2 cited
“It’s New to Us”: Exploring Authentic Innovation in Local News Settings
Media and Communication·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
The Three “Cs” of Digital Local Journalism: Community, Commitment and Continuity
Digital Journalism·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Examining the Social, Civic, and Political Impact of Local Newspaper Closure in Outback Australia
Media and Communication·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
10 Years of Digital Journalism (Studies): The Past, the Present, the Future
Digital Journalism·2023· 7 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Lisa Waller(25), Oscar Westlund(7), Edson C. Tandoc(6), Scott A. Eldridge(4), Robert Gutsche(4), Julie Freeman(3), Kerry McCallum(2), Marco Magasic(2), Tanja Dreher(1), Eli Skogerbø(1), Paul Venzo(1), Agnes Gulyas(1), Kathryn Bowd(1), Ragnhild Kr. Olsen(1), Ori Tenenboim(1), Carl‐Gustav Lindén(1), Marcel Broersma(1), Gabi Mocatta(1), Eve Mayes(1), Michael Hartup(1)