UK: MPs tell newspapers to stop firing journalists and invest in quality journalism
A group of UK MPs have called on newspapers to invest in quality journalism, while expressing 'grave concern' at the number of newspaper job losses across the country recently. Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell, a former journalist, has lead a campaign that launched a petition asserting that news coverage will most likely suffer because of job cuts and mergers in the newspaper industry.
Seven MPs have so far signed the petition, which comes in the wake of job cut announcements at newspapers across the UK, such as The Manchester Evening News, The South Wales Echo, The Bristol Evening Post, and others.
Source: Hold The Front Page
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