What exactly is the problem with local news?
A look at how the steep decline in genuine local journalism came about and how you could help the sector...
Read moreDetailsRebecca Maer is a qualified journalist with 30 years’ experience in the UK and overseas. Rebecca has worked as a news reporter nationally and locally, as a feature and travel writer, columnist, business editor and city editor. The organisations she has worked for include The Press Association, London; The Observer, London; Bangkok Post, Thailand; Nottingham Post; The Argus, Brighton; and as a freelance photojournalist in south-east Asia. She moved to Eastbourne in 2021 from mid-Sussex.
A look at how the steep decline in genuine local journalism came about and how you could help the sector...
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