Ultra-local community newspapers in regional WA thriving despite print’s downward trend

The prediction that small country newspapers will soon vanish forever does not seem to be ringing true in some regional towns.

While the shift to online and social media platforms has transformed the way we get our daily news, some small independent newspapers in Western Australia have not only survived, but thrived.

Many regional papers have sacked staff and closed their doors after revenues dried up as Google, Facebook and Gumtree…