For the record...
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett today sent a message of support to National Union of Journalist members at Newsquest on strike over the centralisation of production of newspapers outside the communities they serve, and the loss of jobs.
Bennett said:
“As a former local newspaper journalist myself, I know how essential being part of the community you serve is to understanding and reporting on it. This goes far beyond getting place names and geography right; it's about knowing the people, the community, the organisations, and the real local concerns, which is only possible when you are on the ground.
“And good local news reporting is essential to democracy. We've seen the growth in places of excellent online news sources, but the financial structures aren't yet in place to allow that type of coverage to be anything like wide enough to fill the gaps being increasingly left by giant newspaper groups closing and slashing back local newspapers that often have behind them a century or more of tradition.”
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