ABC Annual Report 2025
– The ABC News division will focus on high-value storytelling, establishing a new documentary unit to produce additional high-impact premium news documentaries, according to Managing Director Hugh Marks.
The ABC will conduct pilots to test uses of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enable better journalism.
The news division will also review the focus of its work on social platforms to ensure the strength of its editorial approach on those platforms is consistent with its other existing output.
“It will invest further in high-value story-telling formats and social video creation and build content that can inform and engage audiences who are increasingly using social platforms for their media consumption,” Marks says.
“ABC Audio will continue to invest in and refresh the distinctiveness and content offering of the Corporation’s radio services, while establishing ABC listen as the primary home of ABC audio content that combines live radio, podcasts, music and personalised discovery.
“It will continue to revitalise the ABC’s metropolitan local radio services, further investing in developing presenter craft skills, and clarify the distinct roles and sounds of the national and digital radio networks, including reducing duplication across services.”
He says it will commission more distinctive podcasts, including from outside the ABC that can introduce audiences to new formats, talent and voices.
The Corporation will also simplify its core digital products — ABC iview, ABC listen and ABC News – to make them easier to find and navigate. It will redevelop the ABC homepage to create a single online entry point anchored in news but designed to show entertainment and lifestyle content from across the ABC.
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