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The Media Show: Making the news "less London"

Making the news "less London"

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Making the news "less London"

Why news outlets are claiming to have a non-metropolitan outlook on reporting the UK.

To tell the story of the UK more fairly and more equitably there need to be more reporting voices outside London - that seems to be the journalistic mood of the moment. The BBC in March announced plans to shift focus from the capital in a “commitment to better reflect, represent, and serve all parts of the country". When GB News launched, it promised to “reach out to non-metropolitan audiences beyond London and engage them in our national conversation". So what does it mean to have a "non-metropolitan" bias?

Guests: Lorna Willis, CEO of Archant, Nick Mitchell, Editor of NationalWorld, Ifan Morgan Jones, founder of Nation.Cymru, and Shazia Ali, The People’s Newsroom

Producer: Emma Wallace

Presenter: Julian Worricker

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