Call for Evidence

Sustainability of local journalism

Terms of Reference:

The DCMS Committee is inviting written evidence here by 6pm on Thursday 31 March 2022 addressing the following areas:

How are public service broadcasters, particularly the BBC, supporting or disrupting local journalism?
What has been the impact of the 2019 Cairncross review on local journalism, and what more needs to be done?
How can the Government support local news outlets to develop sustainable business models?
What role does social media play in local journalism?
How are partisan and hyper-partisan news outlets disrupting local news production?

This call for written evidence has now closed.