Greymouth Star – The Spinoff

A West Coast internship

21 January 202119 January 2020 by Michael Andrew

Between the city and the coast lies an insurmountable gulf, or so they say. Fresh from university, Michael Andrew decided to test that by interning at a local paper in the West Coast and found himself beguiled by the strangeness and the beauty. I had never smelled fresh newsprint coming straight off the press before. … Read more

Print’s not dead yet: A community newspaper empire expands

27 May 201826 May 2018 by Alex Braae

Can newspapers based in tiny towns be profitable? A publisher based on the sparsely populated West Coast believes it can, and is expanding as a result. As the so called death of journalism gathers momentum, media companies are increasingly looking to consolidation for survival. More content syndication, covering a bigger geographical area with single titles, … Read more