Nyssa, Sarah and Matthew Stadtmiller at the Times office on Tuesday.
The Times will be welcoming Nyssa Stadtmiller to its ranks in October as part of the team which delivers your only locally owned independent newspaper each week.
Nyssa has been assisting with the Times since it commenced in 2014 in a number of ways, from taking photos, gathering information and in administration. She will now be writing stories and engaging further with the community as the paper’s new cadet for the next 12 months. Nyssa spent 15 years in the hairdressing industry and has excellent communication skills which will be a great asset to the paper.
Nyssa is excited to be a part of the Times as it moves forward and as the industry transforms.
She said, “I love the paper, I have watched it come out and helped it to come out a lot over the last 5 years. Our team work hard to produce the print version each week and we upload online stories for free around the clock. We are a family run business with both Trish and Adrian and Matthew contributing to the paper along with Kirsty Graham and myself. It has been a busy couple of years for us. Matthew ran for State Parliament twice and we have welcomed 2 beautiful daughters in to our family. All while running the paper and while Matthew is a Councillor on Hilltops. It can get very busy, but it is great to be a part of the twin town community and I hope I can make the paper bigger and better in the next 12 months.”
The Times is proud of the fact it is Harden Murrumburrah’s only dedicated locally owned newspaper with a shopfront in Neill Street.
Nyssa said, “We do our best to support community groups through coverage and cost effective advertising. When money is spent with us it helps keep a local family fed and here in Harden. My family. There are a lot of costs involved in printing the paper and it’s quite complex, the logistics in getting the paper out to everyone. Unlike other papers we use a local designer for our ads so there is further flow through the community. We don’t get them designed in Mumbai. We are always available for our readers and do our best to cover as much news as we can. We were feeding sheep on Friday before the Bus crash on the William Bradford Bridge. The buckets went down and we headed out to get the coverage our readers wanted. That is what a small town newspaper does. We pride ourselves on keeping the ratepayers up to date with Local Government news and we put more local government news in than much larger papers. Away from Council news, we love the quirky little stories which make up our community. We love celebrating achievements.”
The Times can only continue to succeed with the support of local and regional businesses.
Nyssa said, “It’s unfortunate some businesses are not in a position to advertise at the moment and the drought has had an effect on revenue at the paper. We try our best to promote any business which wants to work with us and have met the current market. Matthew started the Times because the community needed a better option and it still does now more than ever. We want locals to continue to support us as they have done over the last 5 and a half years and we appreciate all of the support.”
The Times is heading into the final 11 papers for 2019 and will be continuing to produce a strong product which residents can be proud of. The Times will continue to do this into 2020 and beyond.
Money spent with the opposition paper, which is owned by multi-millionaire Antony Catalano and Billionaire Alex Waislitz, isn’t being spent back in the twin towns the same way it is with the Times. The Twin Town Times is In For The Long Haul.
