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With apologies for cross posting. New report: Mapping changes in local news 2015-2017 More bad news for democracy? By Gordon Neil Ramsay, Des Freedman, Daniel Jackson and Einar Thorsen. PDF of the report available from:http://bit.ly/LocalNewsMatters-Report_v1 Published by the Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Communit<https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/journalism-culture-and-community/>y (at Bournemouth University) in collaboration with the National Union of Journalists<https://www.nuj.org.uk/home/>, the Political Studies Association<https://www.psa.ac.uk/> and the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/CMCP/index.aspx> (at King’s College London) this report maps recent changes in the state of local news provision in the UK including newspapers, broadcast and digital. We document how: ▶ The majority of the UK (57.9%) is not served by a local daily newspaper. ▶ 45% of local authority districts are served by a single publisher. ▶ Local daily papers are overwhelmingly located in major urban areas. ▶ 77.1% of local newspaper titles are owned by the big five local newspaper publishers. ▶ Another 418 local journalism jobs have been lost in the last 17 months. And argue for a range of interventions that could help alleviate the democratic crisis that is emerging through a lack of local journalism in the UK. Launched to a packed audience at Westminster last night, this report will interest academics, journalists, activists and policymakers concerned with the state of local news in the the UK. More details of the local news mapping project and 2015 report at: http://localnewsmapping.uk<http://localnewsmapping.uk/> To learn more about the NUJ Local News Matters campaign and to find out how to get involved, please visit: https://www.nuj.org.uk/campaigns/local-news-matters-week/ cheers Dan Dr. Dan Jackson Associate Professor of Media and Communication Faculty of Media and Communication Bournemouth University 01202 961297 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> @dan_jackson9 US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign http://www.electionanalysis2016.us Staff profile: http://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/jacksond Convenor: PSA Media and Politics Group http://www.psa.ac.uk/psa-communities/specialist-groups/media-and-politics BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages. This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------