Messenger Community News

The news is no longer the news… it’s not as bad as some sources of news in Adelaide, but seriously biased to the right and reports these biases as if they are truthful.

Another Rupert Murdoch owned rag. I like the idea of the Messenger, but seriously how many of these end up going straight in the bin without even coming out of the plastic. In winter they just end up being a soggy mess. I think we need to move into the digital age and then have central distribution points where people without access to the internet can collect a hard copy (which should be printed on recycled paper with vegetable based inks). Lets start thinking about how much energy is embodied in those papers and scaling down to be more efficient. Not a complete hater, just don’t like Murdoch and think we need to waste less.

Where I live, we get the East Torrens Messenger. It’s not a journalistic masterpiece but has some informative articles every week about what’s going on in my community and area. The section on sport is quite big and there’s a small TV guide too.
I think it’s a great idea that it’s free and that they deliver it straight to your door. And like that people have no excuse for not being — at least a little bit — informed about what’s going on.

Ok so I’m not so much of a fan that I actually go pick it up off the pavement every week and read it form cover to cover. And I know the job adds posted in there also show up online in searches so they’re not desperate to check quickly even if you are job hunting.
The best thing and the reason I love the messenger… it’s where you can find a local to do anything! All the local tradies are in here including a lot of older, very well skilled and still perfectly capable, plus they usually have old school service which is fantastic.
If I just have a small job and I can hire someone local I would prefer to do that. Plus their prices are normally better as well so you also get to save some $$. In addition a lot of them will be really flexible on times they will come out for you, which I always found handy when I was working full time and had to organise things after hours as I could not easily take time off.

The Messenger is the little sister of The Advertiser and is so much better in a lot of different ways. There are 11 Messenger mastheads in total and they cover all the major regions of metropolitan Adelaide, The Hills, and the further northern suburbs.
The Messenger is largely about community news, and each paper only prints stories that involves, people or events that are happening in those suburbs. They are on top of everything going on the area and attend local council meetings regularly to get the most up to date information on things that affect those residents.
They also have a strong sport focus and have a number of dedicated sports journalists who cover all the amateur sport in Adelaide. They feature a wide range of sports, especially focusing on members of the community who have excelled or have an interesting perspective or story.
There are suburb offices for most of the papers and they welcome the public to come in and have a chat. They also follow up story ideas posted by residents on their website and these can end up being on the front page if it is newsworthy. The papers are also free so if you missed your weekly delivery just pop into your local suburb office and they will be happy to give you a free copy.