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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. The collapse of local news is a crisis that has played out in plain sight over the past two decades. Local news has faced an assault on two fronts. Rumours are commonplace.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. The collapse of local news is a crisis that has played out in plain sight over the past two decades. Local news has faced an assault on two fronts. Rumours are commonplace.

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

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Executing An Effective Non-Profit PR Strategy

The Hoyt Organization

Traditional channels, such as newspapers and television, offer broad reach, while digital channels, such as social media and email marketing, provide targeted messaging. To establish these relationships, consider offering exclusive stories or interviews to media outlets that cover topics related to your mission.

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What PR Success Looks Like In A Data-Driven World

PR Insiders

A store advertises its Memorial Day sale with a mammoth two-page newspaper spread and the store’s foot traffic either goes up or it doesn’t. If your interview with USA Today just appeared in print and online, you shouldn’t expect your phone to ring incessantly the next morning with people wanting to employ your services. Case closed.

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A call for a public inquiry into the impact of media and tech on democracy

Stephen Waddington

The local media and broadcast media has done a good job in holding political campaigns to account against the wave of disinformation online. Facebook Ad Library failed 48 hours before election day. Facebook’s digital doorstep Facebook has become one of the most influential political source thanks to targeting and local groups.

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General Election 2019: Two sides to every story

Stephen Waddington

After undertaking a set of the usual sceptical TV interviews Boris was about to get on the bus when Stephen, with his sign, asked for a picture with the lads. The photo was featured in every newspaper the next day and even placed on the cover of the manifesto. Was he going to sell the NHS to Donald Trump? that was Stephen’s question.)