The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area in coastal South East Queensland.

Sunshine Coast has a dense news ecosystem, with at least five print and two digital outlets, and seven radio stations. Six television stations are listed as it is bisected by two broadcast license areas: most of the LGA is part of the Regional Queensland TV1 area, and the northern edge of the Brisbane TV1 footprint includes Caloundra and Maleny. Ten changes have been observed since PIJI began monitoring the region in 2019. In May 2020, News Corp announced that it would close five newspapers in the region: the Buderim Chronicle, Caloundra Weekly, Coolum News, Nambour Weekly and Maroochy and Kawana Weekly.

The Sunshine Coast Daily ended its print edition at the same time, only to relaunch it a year later. Separately, View News was closed in 2021. WIN News ended an existing local news bulletin in the Sunshine Coast when commencing a new affiliation agreement with the Nine Network in July 2021. Two titles have launched: the Sunshine Coast News, which is included in the sample; and the Sunny Coast Times, which was published for two years by Sunny Coast Media before ceasing in 2022.