New editor appointed for InReview South Australia
An award-winning author, journalist and critic has been appointed to edit InReview, the digital platform dedicated to independent arts and culture coverage in South Australia.
Walter Marsh has been appointed as the editor of InReview, the arts and culture platform established by Solstice Media – the publisher of InDaily – to provide South Australia critical coverage of the arts.
Marsh is an award-winning journalist and critic based in Tarntanya/Adelaide, and the author of Young Rupert: The Making of the Murdoch Empire (Scribe 2023).
A former staff writer and editor at The Adelaide Review and Rip It Up, his writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, Crikey, The Age, and Australian Book Review. His second book is forthcoming in 2025.
Marsh, who takes over from the founding editor Suzie Keen who retired from the position at the end of 2024, said he would continue the InReview mission of supporting professional, rigorous and broad arts and cultural journalism and commentary.
“As a longtime contributor to InReview, I’m looking forward to building on its strong foundation to give readers the kind of robust, thoughtful, and playful coverage our arts community demands,” he said.
“In a time when arts column inches are increasingly thin on the ground, InReview has become an essential platform committed to capturing the breadth and depth of culture in our state, while also driving important critical conversations.”
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Paul Hamra, the Managing Director of Solstice Media, said local arts need local journalism and that InReview was established four years ago to fill a gap left by Adelaide’s media in covering an important sector in South Australia.
“South Australia was fighting hard to establish itself as an arts state through its festivals and institutions but no one was writing about it, so we felt something had to be done,” Hamra said.
“If there is no coverage, there is no record of the event or performance, let alone a critical eye to let audiences know if it is worth seeing and, if so, why.”
Hamra said InReview was created as a new model of independent arts reviews and coverage, funded by philanthropists and grant funding.
It sends a free email newsletter of arts stories and reviews every week to more than 50,000 subscribers and publishes its stories through Creative Commons, allowing any media outlet to republish a story to provide further reach of arts and cultural news from South Australia.
InReview has also established mentorship programs for emerging writers and critics to ensure there is a next generation of reviewers in South Australia.
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“We are thrilled to have Walter edit InReview,” said Hamra.
“He has the perfect pedigree, having been an arts writer and editor in South Australia and has a very deep knowledge of the arts scene in our state.”
In addition to covering the arts, the not-for-profit was also established to ensure arts critics and writers could earn a living by being paid fairly for their work.
“Arts and culture in Australia needs independent journalism and rigorous critique to be the best it can be – valued and well understood by the community, vibrant and of the highest standard,” Hamra said.
“To achieve this, we need to attract the highest calibre of contributors.”
Marsh joins just as the city and state enter the busy festival period, which will be a priority for the new editor.
“With festival season already in the air, I hope readers will join our community of esteemed writers and emerging voices as we sink our teeth into the must-sees, the hot messes, and the small miracles waiting on the other side of the curtain,” he said.
InDaily editorial director Jim Plouffe said he was pleased to have Marsh on the team and looked forward to his take on the arts sector in Adelaide.
“Walter will bring a fresh eye to what’s happening in the city and we are keen to go even deeper inside this important part of the state’s DNA.”