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Tom Rohde

Port Lincoln
As seen in: ABC News (Australia), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Radio Adelaide, The Recorder
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Tom Rohde’s Biography

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News reporter with a history of working in both radio and print media. Skilled in news content creation, photography and radio producing and presenting. My work has appeared in regional South Australian newspapers, community radio station Radio Adelaide and the national broadcaster ABC.

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Regional Australians find new ways to worship as country churches close

Regional Australians find new ways to worship as country churches close

As churchgoers sang the final hymn at the end of Sunday's service at Port Neill's church, on South Australia'…

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Small towns unlikely to survive, says Bernard Salt

Small towns unlikely to survive, says Bernard Salt

A leading social commentator says small country towns are unlikely to survive into the future. Demographics G…

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SA mosque campaign aims to unite outback Muslim community

SA mosque campaign aims to unite outback Muslim community

A South Australian Islamic association is hoping to establish a new mosque in the outback region that was the…

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Australia Wide for 6 April 2018

Australia Wide for 6 April 2018

On today's program: An Islamic association in South Australia wants to build an outback mosque to unite the g…

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New SA hydrogen plant to be 'world's largest'

New SA hydrogen plant to be 'world's largest'

A new solar and wind hydrogen plant, which has been dubbed the largest in the world, has been proposed for Cr…

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From heavy industry to clean energy - mayor's hope for 'Steel City'

From heavy industry to clean energy - mayor's hope for 'Steel City'

The mayor of a South Australian regional port city built on the steel industry and iron ore mining says it co…

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Small towns 'village model' unlikely to survive into the future

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By Angela Smallacombe Verified, Tom Rohde
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
A leading social commentator says small country towns are unlikely to survive into the future. Demographics Group's managing director, Bernard Salt, said the small-town model was fit for the 20th century, but did not fit modern regional economies. "These areas were required in the 1920s and 30s, where there was intensive cropping, and where people went to school and church in a very localised area," he said.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first paid position as a journalist was for the then-Fairfax Regional newspaper The Recorder in Port Pirie.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

The Adobe Creative Suite, Newsboss, ENPS, Netia, NewsNow, TweetDeck and Digital Audio Director among others.

What's your favorite social network?

A tie between Twitter and Reddit.