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ISSUE: VOLUME 48.01 SPRING 2019
Is this all the local news?

What happens if local journalism no longer holds power to account?

The spring 2019 Index on Censorship magazine looks at what happens when local newspapers disappear and decline. Who is there to hold politicians and lawmakers to account locally? In this issue successful journalists and writers Richard Littlejohn, Libby Purves, Andrew Morton and Julie Posetti describe how they began their careers in local news in the UK and Australia. The decline of local newspapers is a global phenomenon. Karoline Kan reports from China about how they are being squeezed out by Communist Party scrutiny; and Rituparna Chatterjee reports on the difficulties of satisfying the Indian appetite for local news.  Jan Fox examines the USA's news deserts. Mark Frary digs into the latest artificial intelligence being used by local newspaper editors. In the rest of the magazine Alessio Perrone looks at how Italy is stopping journalists reporting on refugees crossing the Mediterranean. We publish an original short story by historian and China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom, plus an extract from the Slovak writer Michal Hvorecký’s latest novel Troll. Editorial | Full contents | Podcast

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Karoline Kan
Writer
Karoline Kan
Writer

Karoline Kan writes about China for Index on Censorship magazine. She is an editor at China Dialogue and her first work of non-fiction Under Red Skies: Three Generations of Life, Loss and Hope in China was published in March 2019

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Michal Hvorecký
Novelist
Michal Hvorecký
Novelist

Michal Hvorecký is a Slovakian novelist and short story writer. His latest novel Troll was published in 2017 in Slovakian. His books have been translated into eleven languages. He is based in Bratislava, Slovakia

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Andrew Morton
Author
Andrew Morton
Author

Andrew Morton is a best-selling celebrity author and royal biographer. His books include Diana, Tom, Angelina, Monica, and Duchess of Windsor. He started his career in local newspapers

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Editorial: Avoiding a state of solitude

Worrying about a local newspaper closing or reporters being centralised is not just nostalgia, it’s being concerned that our democratic watchdogs are going missing, says Rachael Jolley in the spring 2019 issue of Index on Censorship magazine

 

March 2019

Spring 2019 Index on Censorship magazine

With contributions from Richard Littlejohn, Libby Purves, Michal Hvorecký, Karoline Kan, Andrew Morton, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Rituparna Chatterjee and Julie Posetti

March 2019

Magazine Extra: Podcast

Author Karoline Kan, Director of the Society of Editors Ian Murray and Sinead Corr, co-founder of the Bishop’s Stortford Independent talk about local news and holding power to account

March 2019

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