About The Mid North Coaster

The Mid North Coaster is a local newsroom dedicated to delivering high-quality news and stories for the communities along New South Wales’ Mid North Coast. Our stories highlight the issues that shape life in this unique region – from community and environmental matters to local businesses, coastal living, and the voices that make the Mid North Coast vibrant.

Without reliable, accessible local journalism, community concerns go unheard, our connection to place and people weakens, and misinformation can spread easily. The Mid North Coaster fills this gap by offering accurate, balanced reporting on the issues impacting our readers.

We publish free content here on our website, in our newsletters and across our social media channels. We invite you to join us by subscribing, following, reading, sharing, and sending us tips on what’s happening in the community.

Perhaps you’ll even start reporting for The Mid North Coaster. You can read our Editorial Policy here.

The Mid North Coaster Team

If you’d like to get in touch with us, use our Contact Us page or email [email protected].

Ellie Chamberlain, Reporter

Brad Esposito, Editorial Director

Nick Wray, Senior Video Lead

The Areas We Report On

The Mid North Coaster’s coverage stretches across well-loved areas and includes both coastal and hinterland communities.

Here’s a list of some of the communities we directly report on:

A-L

  • Bellingen

  • Bonny Hills

  • Coffs Harbour

  • Crescent Head

  • Frederickton

  • Gladstone

  • Kempsey

  • Lake Cathie

  • Laurieton

M-Z

  • Macksville

  • Nambucca Heads

  • Port Macquarie

  • Sawtell

  • Scotts Head

  • South West Rocks

  • Stuarts Point

  • Taree

  • Urunga

  • Wauchope

  • Woolgoolga

About Gazette

The Mid North Coaster is owned and operated by Gazette – an independent local news publisher offering free, balanced reporting to serve and connect communities. Gazette reaches audiences through social media, vertical video, and newsletters, providing free news to reach the majority of Australians who don’t subscribe to paywalled content.

Gazette is a social enterprise funded by reader contributions, sponsorships, philanthropic support, advertising, and events. Editorial independence is a core tenet of our work: we maintain an editorial firewall between our newsrooms and funders, and we do not accept funding from political organisations.

To learn more about Gazette and our mission to strengthen local journalism, visit our website: gazettenews.au