Decade of change
Rod Kirkpatrick reviews of the battles won and lost in the first decade of the new century.
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Digger daily on the move in Indonesia and FNQ
A WW2 Army initiative took daily newspaper production on the road to Far North Queensland and Morotai in what is now part of Indonesia, writes Rod Kirkpatrick.
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Fancy v fact: Rod Kirkpatrick's history feature
Does a newspaper’s establishment date to the first publication of the oldest title it may have acquired? Newspaper historian Rod Kirkpatrick takes issue with publishers who ‘buy time’.
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Ho local is 'local'
It was almost a throwaway line. “The geographic barriers that you enjoy today are going to be broken down,” Brian McCarthy warned country newspaper proprietors when they gathered in November last year to celebrate the centenary of the Victorian Country Press Association (writes Rod Kirkpatrick).
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Ladies first in Australia's newspaper history. Rod Kirkpatrick writes
Rod Kirkpatrick's first article for GXpress looks at the role of trong women in the foundation of Australia's newspapers
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New face, new pace
The Bendigo Advertiser provides a case study of technological changes at country dailies over the past 150 years, writes Rod Kirkpatrick
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Rod Kirkpatrick: Digging for dailies
Rod Kirkpatrick thought he had tracked down all the daily newspapers in Australia’s history. Now he’s found three more
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Surviving 150 years
Rod Kirkpatrick writes about the staying power of Australia’s country daily newspapers
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Sworn to no mistress: Rod Kirkpatrick on newspapers 'under the influence'
The editorial page of the Gammy Bird played “streams of invective across the provincial political scene like a fire hose”, wrote Annie Proulx in her novel, The Shipping News.
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Words win war
When the army tries to come to town, it expects to be welcomed if not as hero then certainly as friend, writes Rod Kirkpatrick.
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