Awards for regional news producers

My colleague Kristy Hess and I were lucky enough to judge several categories of the 2023 Victorian County Press Association awards this month, and attend the organisation's annual conference in Melbourne where the winners were announced.

Congratulations to journalists at the Numurkah Leader, Wangaratta Chronicle and North Central review for producing winning news stories.

The conference included a presentation from the Premier Jacinta Allan and a really insightful discussion on the use of AI in regional newsrooms, where news owners and managers described the different ways these new tools are (and are not) being used today.