‘News deserts’: if local newspapers are dying, will local democracy die with them?

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​Concerns over scrutiny of councils as publishers cull titles and residents turn to Facebook for local news“Do you have lots of stickers?” asks a mother with a buggy and two small children as Evelyn Akoto takes a break outside Coffee #1 in Trowbridgeduring a day of knocking on doors.If the national polls are correct, Akoto is in with a decent chance of becoming the first Labour MP for the South West Wiltshire constituency, where the Conservative incumbent Andrew Murrison is defending a 21,630 majority. Continue reading… 

Concerns over scrutiny of councils as publishers cull titles and residents turn to Facebook for local news

“Do you have lots of stickers?” asks a mother with a buggy and two small children as Evelyn Akoto takes a break outside Coffee #1 in Trowbridgeduring a day of knocking on doors.

If the national polls are correct, Akoto is in with a decent chance of becoming the first Labour MP for the South West Wiltshire constituency, where the Conservative incumbent Andrew Murrison is defending a 21,630 majority.

Continue reading… 

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