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The local news defences against misinformation can only last so long
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🗞️ Local journalists in the seaside town where misinformation fuelled riots following the death of three girls have this week once again found themselves battling to make sure readers had access to the truth.
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The team who will help decide how fund to save local news will be spent has been announced
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We try not to spam your inbox too often with extra emails - but we felt the latest update about the Local News Fund was one worth sharing and exploring.
We’ll be back with the regular update at the end of the week,
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Regulated local news publishers should receive priority in social media algorithms, claims think tank. Could that ever happen?
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It’ll come as no surprise to anyone in local news that misinformation is rife in local Facebook groups or polluting local news conversations on X. But for the first time, the scale of the problem has been quantified.
The Social Mar...
The editors joining forces in a fight for the future of local high streets
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A busy old week in local news - we’re sure there is loads we’ve missed this week.
So a quick mention of what we have coming up. In the next few weeks we’ll be exploring how likely it is the BBC really will become a powerhouse for s...
The Northern Echo investigation helping hundreds of men get answers
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Sometimes, writing this newsletter is quite a quick process. Other weeks, the news doesn’t stop - and this has been one of those weeks.
We’ve broken with our normal format this week to include an update on SLAPPs - if this works, w...
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