Mind the London news gap: The boroughs which have little coverage of council activities
All but two London boroughs have publications covering council activities, although in some cases self-published reporters have stepped into the…
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BBC Nations news chief says local news expansion won’t harm existing media outlets
Rhodri Talfan Davies says the BBC is not a neighbour from hell but a "good neighbour".
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Publishers rebut claim anyone profits from BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporters
Reach said it has put infrastructure in place to support the LDR scheme and wants it to succeed.
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Newsquest urged to pass on more of BBC funding to £24k per year Local Democracy Reporters
The NUJ says there is a £10,000 gap between what Newsquest receives and what it pays each LDR.
ByHow Bristol became a local news oasis
Newspaper closures and cutbacks have led to large parts of the UK becoming deserts for local news. Bristol, on the…
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Bristol mayor: Reporters are not banned – they just aren’t invited to briefings
Update 8/7/22: Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees has insisted he has not banned BBC-funded local democracy reporters from his press briefings –…
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BBC local news expansion plan is ‘direct threat’ say commercial news publishers
The News Media Association has written to the BBC Board demanding it withdraw plans to extend the corporation’s digital local…
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‘Top drawer’ local democracy reporter George Makin has award named after him following cancer death
West Midlands local democracy reporter George Makin has died less than two months after revealing he had been diagnosed with…
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