Hardly anyone actually goes to council meetings. It is journalists who can keep a close eye and tell us all what’s happening.
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There are lots of ideas about how to save local news. One of them is that increasing coverage of local politics will bring back readers and viewers. Research shows that it doesn’t.
Court leet records provide a vivid picture of the disagreements and disputes which pre-occupied medieval townspeople.
Local media ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business and offers benefits to communities by increasing voter turnout, reducing polarization and saving communities money.
Local journalism should be recognised as an essential element for nurturing the UK’s diverse, civic communities.
Partnerships between universities and local media outlets are key ways to sustain local news where coverage is diminishing.
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Professor of Medieval Archaeology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor of American Politics, Rice University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Utah
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ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Assistant Professor of Broadcast and Digital Journalism, Endicott College
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Associate Professor of Mass Communication, Georgia College and State University
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Director of Media, Film, Journalism and Creative Technology, University of Salford