Collaborative journalism projects can “better hold power to account” says The Scottish Beacon’s project manager, Rhiannon Davies.

Launched in August last year by a team at Greater Govanhill, a Glasgow-based not-for-profit magazine, The Scottish Beacon is a website that showcases work from 22 independent local and hyperlocal newsrooms across Scotland.

Davies won the Women in Journalism Georgina Henry Award at the 2023 British Journalism Awards for her role in starting the project.