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The Media Show: Who cares about local news?

Who cares about local news?

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Who cares about local news?

With the industry in crisis, what can be done to save regional newspapers?

As job cuts are announced by Reach, the UK’s largest regional newspaper publisher, Amol Rajan looks at initiatives to fund local journalism. Also in the programme, is TikTok the new Huawei?

Guests: Karin Goodwin, co-editor of The Ferret, Ian Carter, editorial director of the Illife Media Group, Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, Hugh Schofield, BBC correspondent in Paris, and Dr Tim Stevens, lecturer in global security at King's College London.

Sound engineer: Nigel Dix

Producer: Richard Hooper

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