Relationships can be strained between local news providers and local council communications offices, but this doesn't need to be the case. We explore opportunities for change that will better serve local residents.
Local councils spend millions to publish notices in newspapers. Almost none of the money goes to small, independent publishers, instead lining the coffers of corporate giants. Jonathan Heawood writes about our attempts to untangle the arcane policies that got us here, and our new effort to fix them.