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Part of the country, and to again quote, "reach out to nonmetropolitan audiences beyond london and engagement in our national conversation", well, the impact of covid and movements like extinction rebellion or black lives matter, those stories are better told if everyone has an equal stake in them, irrespective of where they live. so what does it mean to have a non—london bias when you are reporting the news? the market for producing local news is as tough as its ever been. so, how do you do i...

The media in wales is always been weak for historical reasons of course. the relatively poor population in wales means that theres not much of a base from attracting advertising and that has an impact on the strength of the commercial media in particular. and there was a feeling in that i think there bbc in 2014 and discovered that half the population did not know at that time that the health service in wales was devolved to wales. but thats obviously changed now with the coronavirus pandemic bu...

That argument is a decade old now. i think is an industry we need to pick ourselves up and get past that. the reason we are around google as they came to the table before this got noisy. and they came to us and facebook, instagram, snapchat, they dont engage with us on regional level. google it come to our business, they got to know our business at a micro level. and i asked to enact they asked how they can help. they didnt come in and say youre doing it wrong. and i suspect nick may sympathise ...

Nick mitchell, you were nodding at that. the regional element of holding power to account, obviously an important factor for you too. yes, i think he makes a very good point about leveling up the medias industry as well is wider society. i think that something thats kind of slightly about the media theres a sense that you have to go to london to make it. and hopefully projects like this, like natural world and the other projects discussed today showed that we are opening up opportunities across ...

Plans to shift focus from the capital and i quote, "in a commitment to better reflect, represent and serve all parts of the country." when gb news launched it promised new voices from every part of the country, and to again quote, "reach out to nonmetropolitan audiences beyond london and engagement in our national conversation". well, the impact of covid and movements like extinction rebellion or black lives matter, those stories are better told if everyone has an equal stake in them, irrespecti...

Many in your stable, how much do they still matter when people are finding so many other sources of news? especially younger people. thats a great question. if i spoke to my neice, who is 18, she would tell me that news didnt matter to her at all. if i spoke to my parents or if i speak to my colleagues or people my age, they will tell me its absolutely critical. soto various parts of our community the newspaper and our brands are absolutely critical. remember, we still have areas that have terri...

Its being held up by over 200 poles. we are campaigning to save that hospital in a way that the bbc will never be able to bring that to life on that national agenda. so, while those national stories impact us, ourjob is to really translate those at a local level and allow those local communities to have a voice, and for us to campaign for them. nick, tell us a bit more about nationalworld. this is a company that bought out jpi media at the end of last year. again, a little bit like lorna, give u...

For nonessential operations. thats now gone up to 12,008. so weve got three hospitals on the brink, as we would say. nick mitchell at nationalworld, what are you concentrating on? our top story at the moment is actually about the vagrancy act which is a very old piece of legislation, but which has been found that thousands of people are still being prosecuted under this piece of legislation which the housing secretary actually said six months ago should be abolished. there is some data which has...

And what some of the other services discussed here today do as well. nick mitchell, you were nodding at that. the regional element of holding power to account, its obviously an important factor for you too. yes, i think ifan makes a very good point about leveling up the media industry, as well as wider society. i think that something thats kind of slightly irked me about the media is the sense that you have to go to london to make it. and hopefully projects like this, projects discussed today, s...

Parliament set up a 1999 but the media in wales remained relatively weak. the media in wales has always been weak for historical reasons of course. the relatively poor population in wales means that theres not much of a base for attracting advertising, and that has an impact on the strength of the commercial media in particular. and there was a feeling that i think the bbc in 2014 did a poll and discovered that half the population did not know at that time that the health service in wales was de...