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The BBC can help revive local journalism, but only if it’s allowed to

For an organisation that’s so self-confident in dealing with national and global news, the BBC is surprisingly vulnerable when it comes to local and regional journalism.

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The way we’re consuming news is changing, and so is the United Kingdom. Revived demands for a Scottish version of the Six O’Clock News are a reminder of how the BBC needs to keep up with the changing structure of the UK.

But right down to neighbourhood level, the BBC needs to look again at how it produces news and interacts with communities. If it wants to stay relevant, it needs to put its decades of expertise in journalism to work in securing the future of local news.