This is the reality in a lot of newsrooms, and it's turning new journalists away from the industry in droves. Some publishers know this and to their credit try to find bandwidth for original reporting, whereas others see nothing wrong with the commodification of journalists.

Taxpayers shouldn't subsidise the enshittification of local news.

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The bloody battle to save a 115-year-old institution

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First session of the PPA Festival. alan rusbridger in conversation with Joshi Herrmann on the future of media

Joshi: 'We're competing with Netflix and TikTok, we need to be better. If we want to engage younger people standards have to be high'

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Today’s briefing is out:

🚫Co-op Live postpones its first two shows amid power issues
📹The Guardian on Manchester’s nightlife voyeurs
⚽️The pubs showing women’s football in Manchester
🖼️Castlefield Gallery’s 40th birthday exhibition

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In searching for answers about a man’s lonely burial in Manchester, I discovered uncomfortable details about his life — or so I thought

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Two great things about my event with Darryl Morris 🇺🇦 in Perugia: the packed out room and the renaissance paintings on the walls.

Thanks to everyone at #ijf24 who came and to journalism festival for inviting us. It's heartening to hear about some amazing new media ventures across 🇪🇺.

Do you like the look of the new Manchester? I’m quoted extensively in The Mill today, my book making waves more than a year after it was published. Manchester University Press

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In today’s edition, we dig deeper into the world of former Labour councillor Peter Mitchell and Big Help, his sprawling group of charities and companies.

The revelations in Part One of our investigation were alarming but things only get stranger in Part Two.

He's one of Britain’s most influential politicians this century, and yet most people have never heard of him.

So who is Sir Richard Leese - and how did he lead a city for 25 years?

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Abi!! 🏆🏆 Our youngest star is Young Journalist of the Year. If you read her The Post investigation this weekend, you won't be surprised. Very proud of her and the team around her.

This week’s briefing is out:

🏛Arena survivor’s launch legal action against MI5, via The Times and The Sunday Times
🚄 Gov still buying properties on scrapped HS2 leg
🌺RHS Urban Show at Depot Mayfield

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