Making the news "less London"
Why news outlets are claiming to have a non-metropolitan outlook on reporting the UK.
To tell the story of the UK more fairly and more equitably there need to be more reporting voices outside London - that seems to be the journalistic mood of the moment. The 91热爆 in March announced plans to shift focus from the capital in a 鈥渃ommitment to better reflect, represent, and serve all parts of the country". When GB News launched, it promised to 鈥渞each out to non-metropolitan audiences beyond London and engage them in our national conversation". So what does it mean to have a "non-metropolitan" bias?
Guests: Lorna Willis, CEO of Archant, Nick Mitchell, Editor of NationalWorld, Ifan Morgan Jones, founder of Nation.Cymru, and Shazia Ali, The People鈥檚 Newsroom
Producer: Emma Wallace
Presenter: Julian Worricker
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