Our speaker Xavier Mardling, Editor of the Border Mail. The BM is 115 years old and has a rich history in the landscape of Australian print media. An interesting quote from Xavier was “if you receive a call asking you to put something in the paper, then that’s advertising. If you are asked to keep something out of the paper, then it’s news”. Xavier made the point that in the early 20^th century, newspapers were rocked by the invention of the telegraph, which was widely believed would spell doom for the print media as news would become immediately available. Just as this didn’t occur, Xavier believes that the rise of online platforms is actually an opportunity for media and in particular, local media organisations such as the BM. This is because people always want to know what’s going on in their local community and more importantly, deserve to be able to find out. In the end, Xavier was adamant that journalists should report the facts and nothing more. “If a person calls up to say it’s raining and another calls up to say it’s sunny, then look out the window and find out for yourself”.