I welcome the BBC offer to share staff and content with local news outlets,but just how local can 100 journalists net?That the BBC will now share its video and audio output with other regional and local news organisations is finally some gracious news for those of us concerned about the recent decline of local media. But it won’t be enough.
The UK is going through the biggest upheaval in the local news industry ever. At least 242 local newspapers closed between 2005 and 2011, according to the Press Gazette. Those that remain are publishing to ever-diminishing audiences.
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Source: theguardian.com