Koori Mail

Koori Mail
TypeBiweekly
Owner(s)Bunjum Co-operative; Buyinbin Inc; Kurrachee Co-operative; Bundjalung Tribal Society; Nungera Co-operative
EditorRudi Maxwell
Founded1991
HeadquartersLismore, New South Wales
ISSN1038-8516
Websitewww.koorimail.com

The Koori Mail is an Australian newspaper written and owned by Indigenous Australians.[1]

The Koori Mail was founded in 1991,[2] by Owen Carriage.[3][4]

It is published fortnightly and available by subscription and in newsagents in every Australian state and territory.[1] It is a source of news and information on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and events throughout Australia.[2] It covers general news as well as health, education, employment, culture, the arts, and sport.[1]

The Koori Mail is owned by Indigenous Australians through five Aboriginal community organisations based in northern New South Wales.[1] Its board of directors and editor are all Aboriginal people.[citation needed] The newspaper is based in Lismore.[2] It has correspondents and contributors throughout Australia.[citation needed]

More than 9,150 copies of the Koori Mail are sold each fortnight.[2] The Koori Mail has been independently audited for its paid circulation, which continues to grow. Research indicates that it averages around 100,000 readers, many of whom access the newspaper through community councils, land councils, health and housing services, educational units, and Indigenous businesses.[citation needed]

Staff

Rudi Maxwell is the current editor of the newspaper.

Russell Kapeen is the paper's chairman.[5] Naomi Moran is the paper's general manager.[6]

Kirstie Parker, CEO of the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, is a former Koori Mail editor.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "UniSA Library - Koori Mail". University of South Australia. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Maxwell, Rudi (12 May 2011). "Our own Koori Mail 20 years young". Northern Rivers Echo. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Milestone for the Koori Mail | Northern Star". m.northernstar.com.au. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ^ Koori mail : celebrating successful editions, 1995, retrieved 27 June 2017
  5. ^ "National Indigenous newspaper, the Koori Mail, marks 25 years in print". 25 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Local Bundjalung woman appointed Koori Mail boss – Echonetdaily". 19 May 2016.
  7. ^ "CPA - The Guardian - #1755".

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