Maranoa Region is a local government area in South West Queensland, located between the Channel Country to the west and Darling Downs to the east. The seat of local government is at Roma, around 470km west of Brisbane.

Two local newspapers serve the area: the Warrego Watchman and Maranoa Today, which launched in 2021 as part of the Today brand. News Corp operates The Western Star, a former APN Australian Regional Media title which shifted to digital-only publishing in 2020. ABC Southern Queensland from Toowoomba and ABC Western Queensland from Longreach are both broadcast into the region.

The digital output of the three publishers and the public broadcaster were assessed between 1 – 31 August 2022. For most titles, this represented the total of their digital output across that period. For Maranoa Today it was two editions: 26 August and 19 August. A total of 263 articles are in the sample. The ABC samples only include articles published to the ABC Local websites and may not be representative of news content on local radio.