The Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) Tasmania has hit the ground running, holding a sell-out
event in Hobart tonight, following the formation of a new PRIA State Council.
The event, to be held at the RACT Hobart Apartment Hotel, runs from 5.30 to 7.00pm and will expose
more than 100 communications professionals to leading media outlets on the topic of the changing
Tasmanian media landscape.
A guest media panel featuring ABC State Director Andrew Fisher, Mercury Editor Matt Deighton, Southern
Cross Television News Director Grant Wilson, and WIN Television Tasmanian News Editor Nathan Motton,
will discuss how they are evolving to deal with funding cuts, reduced resources, longer news bulletins, and
the ever-increasing demand for online content.
New PRIA Tasmanian President Jacquie Ray said she was excited to be involved in strengthening the PRIA in
Tasmania.
“We are really encouraged by the fantastic statewide response to our newly formed State Councils’ first
event,” Ms Ray said.
“We see this as an indication that Tasmanians working in the communications and media sectors want to be
involved, and engaged with the PRIA and other professionals in the field.”
National PRIA CEO Ray Shaw will also speak at this evening’s event.
“Ms Ray and the new state council have done a fantastic job to organise this event just a few months after
re-forming. They are working to re-establish an even stronger PRIA branch in Tasmania as the peak
professional body in this state,” Mr Shaw said.
“The PRIA has a long and proud history in Tasmania and now that we have a State Council in place I am sure
there will be more strong contributions from the state in the future.”
PRIA Tasmanian President Jacquie Ray
