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Media Kit 2018/19 We’Re a Part of Every Day media kit 2018/19 we’re a part of every day The Townsville Bulletin is North Queensland’s premier news destination. From print to our expanding online footprint, breaking news, campaign journalism and agenda setting is at the heart of what we do. With over 137 years of reporting under our belt, we pride ourselves on being the voice of the North and lead debate on the issues that matter in North Queensland. Covering an area from the Whitsundays in the south, to Innisfail in the North and west to Mount Isa, the Bulletin connects with and stands up for its community. Our journalists use every platform to break news, provide rolling coverage of major events and encourage community discussion. Every day we have more readers, our digital print edition is quickly gathering new readers, and website traffic continues to increase as we improve our offering, which also includes a mobile site. Campaign journalism and agenda setting is our ethos, and our passionate coverage of issues impacting the North forces policymakers to take notice. JENNA CAIRNEY, EDITOR p02 Social we’re a multi-faceted media company Media delivering you massive audiences Daily We deliver a compendium of print, online and Paper social media products that are relevant, author- itative and insightful. With 6 out of every 10 Townsville residents reading the Townsville Bul- letin at least once a week and more than 246,000 unique browsers visting us each month and more than 53,000 Facebook followers, no other North Queensland medium can match our reach. 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