A Slow Death.

It's a time of unprecedented crisis in the newspaper industry. This short five-minute video documentary is about a former big-city journalist, James Clark, who runs a small local newspaper in outback Cunnamulla, Queensland.

The paper is called The Warrego Watchman. It has been publishing and printing since May 1883. Independent and privately owned, its core coverage area encompasses the Maranoa, Balonne, Murweh, Paroo, Quilpie, Bulloo and Blackall-Tambo districts. That equates to an area roughly the size of the State of Victoria.

Community papers are part of the fabric of many small towns, says Mr Clark, the principal writer, editor, photographer, publisher, and bookkeeper. Post-COVID, things have gotten tough for the media mogul of Southwest Queensland. With a turndown in advertising and the local readership that is literally dying off, Mr Clark is considering stopping the presses and returning to his 80,000-acre sheep farm.

This is……..A Slow Death.