I talk to local journalist Corey Bedford about the various pressures and business interests that are shaping the world of online local journalism.

🔗LINKS:

• Corey's conversation with Hold the Front Page after he took voluntary redundancy from the Leicester Mercury: https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2023/news/cuts-threatened-journalist-quits-for-sake-of-mental-health/
• The Mirror's article 'Girl, 12, put in school isolation because her 'hips are too wide for a pleated skirt' https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-12-put-school-isolation-24912521
• The Grimsby Live article 'Parish Council meeting gets heated as residents question councillors over hedge drama': https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/parish-council-meeting-gets-heated-3159518
• The Rest is Entertainment episode 'The Secrets of Tipping Point': https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-secrets-of-tipping-point/id1718287198?i=1000726929576
• Nottinghamshire Live's drone footage of the cooling towers being demolished: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/gallery/amazing-drone-footage-shows-nottinghamshire-10426683
• The ongoing saga between Nottinghamshire Live and Reform UK: https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-opinion/reform-voted-against-debate-nottinghamshire-10511120
• The National Union of Journalists' statement on the situation: https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-responds-to-reform-refusing-to-speak-to-local-journalists-in-nottinghamshire.html

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