National news summit will be held in Murray Bridge
Murray Bridge News will co-host a national conference of the Local and Independent News Association in March 2026.
Murray Bridge has been announced as the host of a national summit of independent news publishers in 2026.
More than 100 delegates are expected to attend the annual conference of the Local and Independent News Association next March.
The event will be co-hosted by Murray Bridge News, one of LINA’s founding members.
LINA executive director Claire Stuchbery said she was super excited that the fourth annual summit would be held here in the Murraylands.
“Our previous events in Sydney, Port Douglas and Melbourne have been fantastic in bringing local and independent news publishers together with news industry stakeholders, policy-makers and other journalists from across Australia to talk about how we can best serve our communities,” she said.
“Murray Bridge News is a great example of a community-minded news service, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with the team there to bring over 100 news makers to town for some business and a bit of mid-week tourism in Murray Bridge.”
As managing editor of Murray Bridge News, the summit is a something I look forward to every year, and hosting it will be a career highlight.
You don’t launch a local news publication to get rich or win Walkley Awards; you do it to make a difference in your community.
Getting to host this summit shows that the ways in which we’re serving our community – and innovations like our screen network, our community-minded approach to paywalls and our survey-driven election coverage – are being recognised around the country.
We can’t wait to welcome LINA members to the river city.
Registrations for the summit will open soon.
Delegates gather at LINA's last summit, in Melbourne, to hear from insightful speakers like Jodie Hopperton and ... er, Peri Strathearn. Photos: Greg Barnes/LINA.
What is the Local and Independent News Association?
LINA’s members represent 170 independently owned newsrooms around Australia, including South Australian publications InDaily, The Southern Cross, the Fleurieu App and The SE Voice.
Collectively they publish more than 2500 stories per week, and reach an audience of 10.7 million Australians every month.
Murray Bridge News readers may be somewhat familiar with LINA as the driving force behind the national Our News, Your Voice fundraising campaign in which we participate each year.
I have been a member of LINA’s board since 2022, having been involved in a series of workshops which led to the association’s creation earlier that year.
- More information: lina.org.au.
- Read more: Murray Bridge News becomes founding member of new Local and Independent News Association
