Gazette News is a mysterious new Australian media startup led by Anna Saulwick, a former Change.org and Unicef executive and GetUp campaign manager.
Saulwick, who lists her title on LinkedIn as CEO of Gazette News as of June 2024, has brought on board former Vice head of editorial Brad Esposito as the company’s editorial director. Saulwick told Crikey that the startup is “aiming to provide high-quality free local news”, focusing on both regional and metropolitan areas “where disinformation is being targeted”.
Saulwick also said that the company, which will look to have a number of sub-mastheads in regional areas, will be “recruiting local reporting talent”, funded by a “group of philanthropists and impact investors who care about the future of news”.
However, Saulwick declined to answer Crikey’s questions about who these mysterious do-gooding investors were, or how much they had invested.
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