Communication Mixdown looks into how local news in rural and regional areas is faring. Local newspapers are a dying breed and the coronavirus pandemic has not helped their fortunes. But does that matter and why? Reema Rattan talks to Lisa Millar, professor of digital communication at RMIT who specialises in journalism.

Sexuality and relationships education: Why it's so difficult to implement the programs young people keep telling us they need

This show casts a critical eye on the myriad ways in which we communicate with each other in our increasingly interconnected, multi-media platform world. Each week we mix down the who, the what, the where, and the how of particular communication events, messages, trends and technologies, and then consider: what impacts and what consequences?