About Matt Nicholls

Matt is Region's Far North Queensland-based editor for Cape York Weekly.

He has spent the last decade in Far North Queensland, having grown up in country Victoria. Prior to starting his own newspaper in Cape York, Matt worked for a number of independent publications, along with Fairfax Media.

A tragic Fremantle Dockers fan, Matt loves racing and sport, especially golf, cricket, AFL and rugby league.

He's passionate about community journalism and, in 2022, was the recipient of the LGAQ's Bean Lockyer Ticehurst Award for Excellence in Regional Journalism.