Researchers studying media innovation and local news tend to emphasise the ‘here and now’, focusing on digital advances as the pathway towards more efficient journalism and viable businesses. This paper argues for the importance of examining media practices that have been preserved and valued over time. It advocates for a temporal reflexivity lens to help inform media innovation strategies and policies for the local news sector in the future. We conduct a fine-grained exploration of one of Australia's oldest family-owned local newspapers, The Buloke Times in the state of Victoria, identifying three main areas of the business that have stood the test of time: respect for tradition and reputations, ‘embeddedness’ in place, and fostering company loyalty and collaboration. Ultimately, we suggest that an appreciation of tradition and continuation may play an important role in understanding the future of digital news in small-town communities.

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过时还是创新？检查在澳大利亚服务时间最长的当地报纸之一经受住时间考验的新闻实践

研究媒体创新和地方新闻的研究人员倾向于强调“此时此地”，将数字化进步视为通向更高效新闻和可行业务的途径。本文论证了审查随着时间的推移而得到保存和重视的媒体实践的重要性。它提倡使用时间反射镜头，以帮助为当地新闻部门未来的媒体创新战略和政策提供信息。我们对澳大利亚最古老的家族拥有的当地报纸之一《布洛克时报》进行了细致的探索在维多利亚州，确定了经受住时间考验的三个主要业务领域：尊重传统和声誉，“嵌入”到位，以及培养公司忠诚度和协作。最终，我们建议，对传统和延续的欣赏可能在理解小城镇社区数字新闻的未来方面发挥重要作用。