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The death of the beat reporter

28 Guy Cookson

What is lost when newspapers cut back on beat reporters? This brilliant episode of On The Media attempts to answer it, and it’s not good news if you care about transparency and uncovering corruption. As one contributor notes, just the presence of a journalist in the room at meetings can help keep politicians clean. What happens when that chair is empty? Listen here

The death of the beat reporter

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