Welcome to CNAV
The Community Newspaper Association of Victoria (CNAV) is the peak body representing not-for-profit community newspapers across Victoria.
CNAV works actively with its members to enhance the capacity and standing of community newspapers, to enable them to fully realise their vital role in communities.
NEWS
Greetings from Canberra
Following my participation in the Australian Local News Resilience Project in 2024, I was invited, as the CNAV President, to the News Futures: Media Policy Roundtable at the University of Canberra.A project of the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research…
2025 CNAV Conference
Award results list 2025 Best feature story Finalists Tallangatta Herald Warrandyte Diary Ferntree Gully News Winner Gisborne Gazette Best editorial comment Finalists Ferntree Gully News Ballarat East Community Newsletter Manningham and Nillumbik Bulletin The…
Archived news items are available here.
NOTICES
Legal Deposit
Legal deposit what is it? If you publish a work in Victoria – that is, make material available to the public for sale, to registered members or free of charge – you are required to send one copy to the Library within 60 days of publication. Legal deposit, which…
Managing government advertising
The Victorian State Government has recently appointed OmniMedia as their advertising agent. OmniMedia have asked the committee to let our members know that they are keen to work with community newspapers, but they have had some difficulty managing the timelines that…
Electoral advertisements
All electoral advertisements (not just at election time) at Federal, State and Local government levels must include the name and address of the person who authorised the advertisement. The address must be a full street address and suburb or locality. Note: See…
Useful Links
Our Community
Our Community is Australia’s Centre for Excellence for the nation’s 600,000 not-for-profits & schools, providing advice, tools, resources and training. https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/
The Citizen
The Citizen is an online publication of the Centre for Advancing Journalism