As your local news title, we believe firmly in the importance of trusted local journalism to communities up and down the UK.
Far from boosting local journalism, the BBC’s ‘Across the UK’ plans will in fact irrevocably damage local news
Trust in our journalism is rising too. A recent survey found 81 per cent of Brits agree that they trust the news and information they see in their local news media, a rise of seven per cent on 2018.We have been helping food banks through our Feed a Family campaign and have highlighted important local issues such as the NHS crisis, pollution in the River Severn and the scourge of county lines and knife crime.
Instead, some of the money would be diverted into boosting the BBC’s digital services, ramping up its provision of local news online.Firstly, we must be clear that we have no axe to grind against the BBC. Its local radio stations serve our region admirably and we have always regarded them as partners in local media.
That would lead to the BBC becoming the lone voice in some local communities – a voice, by the way, that doesn’t have the same freedom to campaign on your behalf like we do, because of impartiality requirements.The problem lies with the BBC’s unique power – granted to the corporation by the licence fee – and the impact of this upon other news providers.
Under the plans, online readers – and the commensurate revenues which we use to pay our local journalists – will be sucked away from our websites to the BBC’s.
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