On behalf of the inkl team, I’m proud to share with you our latest publishing partner: Australian Associated Press. AAP is the country’s only independent newswire and is responsible for a great deal of the best Australian print and digital reporting. Its fine track record of producing trusted, accurate, and impartial news stretches back 85 years.
For generations AAP reporters have covered the beats at the core of Australian life: courtroom, party room, boardroom, and locker room. In 2020 the newswire has shaken free of its heavyweight shareholders and is a proud not-for-profit and independent agency. A welcome balm to an increasingly partisan global media environment.
Structural shifts in the news media business – many of which prompted us to start inkl – continue to heap pressure on traditional news organisations. But, despite this, the recent outpouring of support for AAP revealed that the public is keenly aware of the value of an independent press in Australia.
“Since its establishment over 85 years ago, AAP journalists and photographers have quietly, consistently and accurately recorded the news events that have shaped Australia and the world. Inkl gives us an opportunity to present our trusted stories to a new audience and to show why AAP is so important to the Australian media landscape”, AAP CEO Emma Cowdroy.
At inkl we don’t talk about what the future of the news looks like. The change is already around us. AAP Newswire is a huge part of that, which is why we couldn’t be more excited to bring you their reporting. The solutions to many of the thorniest problems facing our society start with good honest journalism.
