Local journalism in the pandemic

Pod Academy by Pod Academy

Jan 19, 202132:30Education

Local newspapers have been in decline for years, but the decline has been massively exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. Can a new type of hyper-local journalism be the answer for local news and local democracy? And how wi...

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