Well he’s certainly to be congratulated on picking up the award but maybe consider that it’s from Reach PLC, publishers of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express (strange stablemates but a long story). Reach, formerly Mirror Group then Trinity Mirror, spent years destroying local newspapers with a slash and burn policy throughout the noughties and 2010s. Ironic that it’s now ‘celebrating’ journalism in that sector when cutting jobs and titles was the easy way to cut costs. It still owns the Chronicle/Gazette series that covers this part of London but the standard of journalism is woeful. Most of what’s printed is press releases or bought in copy from PA. Not much in the way of speaking truth to power locally if one actually reads the articles. And by the way, the LDRS is funded by the BBC. So that’s us paying to be provided with these press releases….work that one out.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	15/05/26 21:36:00	Jim Lawes
Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	15/05/26 22:06:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	17/05/26 12:40:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	21/05/26 17:49:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	21/05/26 18:32:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	22/05/26 11:43:00	Jim Lawes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	22/05/26 15:23:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	26/05/26 14:51:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	29/05/26 10:43:00	Jeremy Parkinson
Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	26/05/26 20:43:00	Graham Cooper
Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards	27/05/26 09:26:00	Simon Hayes

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