Michelle Etheridge is The Advertiser’s Regional Editor and also has a strong focus on environment stories. She has a passion for reporting on the issues that matter to local communities, and striving for solutions to environmental challenges. She has worked for News Corp since 2009 and won the Best Rural Journalist Award (Print) at the 2020 Rural Media Awards. Before her role at The Advertiser, she was a reporter and regional editor at Messenger Community news. She also worked in the Riverland at The Murray Pioneer newspaper.