Sampling Project ] - Case study, April 2024: Greater Adelaide, SA

The planned redevelopment of a public oval and recreational facilities by the Barossa Council, a nearby local government area to the sampled region, was covered by The Bunyip and The Leader. [...] A major issue across the month was the proposed redevelopment of the Crown & Anchor, a city pub, and the balance between protecting a cultural institution in Adelaide and the need allow development of sought-after locations. [...] At the public broadcaster, this was partly due to a number of court appearances and crimes being the subject of ongoing coverage, such as an accomplice of the Snowtown murders being released from jail, the alleged murder of a 21-year-old man in the City of Charles Sturt, and a court case involving a former newspaper deputy editor injured by a speeding car. [...] The Advertiser and Messenger provided the greatest spread of coverage, while InDaily was the most concentrated around the central city, with smaller amounts of coverage particularly in the south and east. [...] The data also flattens the complexity of what is gained and lost by not having any assessment of the output, institutional characteristics or content of the news companies: the closure of a newspaper with ten working journalists appears equivalent to the opening of a website of one.