NEW article. Concerned about local news? Curious about effects of news deserts? Read: 'Local news as political institution and the repercussions of ‘news deserts': a qualitative study of seven UK local areas' by Steven Barclay, Steven Barnett, Judith Townend & me @Journalism tinyurl.com/mts9kpse
A transformation in the political economy of local news provision has led to claims that an increasing number of local areas have become ‘news deserts’ – areas ...
Amazingly fast turnaround of analyses on UK 2024 election by >100 academic contributors - congrats to team at Bournemouth Uni (includes contribution by me and @gnramsay.bsky.socialwww.electionanalysis.uk
Report featuring more than 100 contributions from leading UK academics, with snap analysis and early research insights on the 2024 UK General Election.
Article with Martin Moore, on local news performance during national election campaigns, now available on Digital Journalism via open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Keeping Democracies Alive: The Role of Public Service Media, by me in The Political Quarterly (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Local News in National Elections: An “Audit” Approach to Assessing Local News Performance During a National Election Campaign, by me & @gnramsay.bsky.socialwww.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Like buses (sort of) - you wait a while then get two papers published on the same day: one on local news & the UK 2019 election (with @gnramsay.bsky.social in Digital Journalism), the other on the threats to public service media (in The Political Quarterly) - links to follow