What is Slam! News
Slam! News is an Australian owned media enterprise, reaching over 500,000 Australians every month.
It was originally founded as the YouTube channel “Thought Digest Media” as a passion project inspired by the works of Jack Kelly & TLDR News, but eventually developed into a growing media network.
We distribute a range of content including digital & print services, including our Australia/New Zealand series, the historical “Australia is Interesting” program and our monthly community livestream “Above The Fold”.
We keep hundreds of thousands of Australians informed, educated and engaged, while connecting advertisers to them.
Our Media Journey
It hasn’t been an easy road for us, but here’s where we’re at right now
The Bedroom Studio
My first video behind a camera for the channel, the early days involved constant set changes, trying to figure out how to animate and write scripts while somehow making 3 videos a week by myself.
I was still in highschool and just trying to figure out how things worked together.
Getting Serious, Lessons Learned.
By Mid 2025 I had started doing podcasts and really fleshing out my platform, where I began to recruit university students. At one point I led up to 20 people and all up trained at least 30 people in 2025, all the while doing an insane amount of videos, website articles and juggling left right and centre.
The platform changed drastically and I wasn’t ready to run things like a business. Things collapsed, I rose up and I fell down many times but kept going figuring out as I went along.
“Our Moment”
We did an investigation exposing government corruption, almost got sued by another news outlet, questioned a State Premier and ended up impacting the state’s politics. We also learnt a lot of lessons from this.
Today: Creating leading edge content young Australians love.
Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.