Navigating the crisis in local and regional news

Report

This report evaluates the likely impact of the serious funding crisis in local and regional news on the quality of journalism and on the potential for the emergence of a 'news gap' in the UK. A range of options for sustaining local and regional journalism are then examined in turn and possible ways of moving through the crisis are proposed.

Authors: Currah, A

• Alternative title: a critical review of solutions
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Not peer reviewed
• Publisher: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford Publisher's website
• Series: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: Working Papers
• Publication date: 2009-01-01
• Language: English
• Keywords: local newspapers; charitable ownership; Trust ownership; local media crisis; media taxation
• Subjects: News media,journalism,publishing; Media and Public Policy