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Local journalism is in peril: Google and BBC seen as part of problem

Press Gazette · Sarah Lester · last updated

I think journalism is in a perilous position, and we are in danger of sleepwalking into losing something fundamental to our democracy.

There is no question that journalism matters.

Indeed, it is such an article of faith that our work is often taken for granted.

 

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