| Local journalism in a digital world: Theory and practice in the digital age K Hess, L Waller Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017 | 192 | 2017 |
| Breaking boundaries: Recasting the “local” newspaper as “geo-social” news in a digital landscape K Hess Digital Journalism 1 (1), 48-63, 2013 | 152 | 2013 |
| Geo-social journalism: Reorienting the study of small commercial newspapers in a digital environment K Hess, L Waller Community Journalism Midst Media Revolution, 9-24, 2016 | 92 | 2016 |
| Navigating the scholarly terrain: Introducing the digital journalism studies compass SA Eldridge, K Hess, EC Tandoc, O Westlund Definitions of Digital Journalism (Studies), 73-90, 2021 | 84 | 2021 |
| The digital pillory: media shaming of ‘ordinary'people for minor crimes K Hess, L Waller Continuum 28 (1), 101-111, 2014 | 82 | 2014 |
| Making Connections: “Mediated” social capital and the small-town press K Hess Journalism Studies 16 (4), 482-496, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Hip to be hyper: The subculture of excessively local news K Hess, L Waller Digital Journalism 4 (2), 193-210, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| Geographies of journalism: The imaginative power of place in making digital news RE Gutsche Jr, K Hess Routledge, 2018 | 59 | 2018 |
| “Honk against homophobia”: Rethinking relations between media and sexual minorities P Venzo, K Hess Journal of Homosexuality 60 (11), 1539-1556, 2013 | 53 | 2013 |
| Journalism and the “Social Sphere” Reclaiming a foundational concept for beyond politics and the public sphere K Hess, RE Gutsche Jr Journalism Studies 19 (4), 483-498, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Local newspapers and coronavirus: conceptualising connections, comparisons and cures K Hess, LJ Waller Media International Australia 178 (1), 21-35, 2021 | 41 | 2021 |
| Tertius Tactics: “Mediated Social Capital” as a Resource of Power for Traditional Commercial News Media K Hess Communication Theory 23 (2), 112-130, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| ‘The Snowtown we know and love’: Small newspapers and heinous crimes K Hess, L Waller Rural Society 21 (2), 116-125, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
| River flows and profit flows: The powerful logic driving local news K Hess, L Waller Journalism Studies 17 (3), 263-276, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Placeification: The transformation of digital news spaces into “places” of meaning RE Gutsche, Jr, K Hess Digital journalism 8 (5), 586-595, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Diversifying diversity in digital journalism studies: Reflexive research, reviewing and publishing E Tandoc Jr, K Hess, S Eldridge, O Westlund Digital Journalism 8 (3), 301-309, 2020 | 29 | 2020 |
| Media hierarchies of attention: news values and Australia’s Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse L Waller, T Dreher, K Hess, K McCallum, E Skogerbø Journalism Studies 21 (2), 180-196, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| Community and hyperlocal journalism: A ‘sustainable’model? K Hess, L Waller The Routledge companion to digital journalism studies, 194-204, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Friend or foe? Regional newspapers and the power of Facebook K Hess, K Bowd Media International Australia 156 (1), 19-28, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Shifting foundations: Journalism and the power of the ‘common good’ K Hess Journalism 18 (7), 801-816, 2017 | 20 | 2017 |
