‘Power in the darkness’: LGBTQI media is struggling to survive. Can it be saved?
“The media conglomerates will survive without you. Maybe not forever, but they have the resources to adapt … Without you, however, we will not survive.”
“The media conglomerates will survive without you. Maybe not forever, but they have the resources to adapt … Without you, however, we will not survive.”
“There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing your local community sharing an article from an overseas based publisher that is just a copy of something actually created in your own community.”
The future is uncertain for Queensland LGBTI media outlet QNews following a notice for bankruptcy filed by owner Ray Mackereth who was recently found guilty of contravening the Fair Work Act.
After about a decade on the airwaves with JOY94.9FM’s ‘Rainbow Report’, veteran journalist and former Star Observer columnist Doug Pollard has decided to hang up …