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Local democracy reporters
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‘Brilliant’ local democracy reporter dies weeks after cancer diagnosis
Award to be presented in journalist’s memory
Reporter and publisher win legal fight to stop secret council meeting
Initial decision branded “an affront to democracy and transparency”
Seventy councils to be covered by new publishers as LDR contracts change hands
BBC pledges to help make changes as “smooth as possible” for affected journalists
Reporter diagnosed with terminal illness days after getting coronavirus jab
Local democracy reporter told he has incurable lung cancer
Eighteen publishers win new BBC local democracy reporter contracts
Successful bidders revealed ahead of expansion
How the new local democracy reporter contracts have been divided
Full breakdown of which publishers will cover authorities
Publishers discover winners of new local democracy reporter contracts
BBC informs successful bidders after retendering process
Council to reconsider secret votes thanks to weekly’s investigation
Pledge follows probe by local democracy reporter
Ex-Local Democracy Reporter of the Year quits to join TV chef’s campaign
Journalist reveals departure after three years
Local democracy reporter leaves daily to take up newsdesk role
Journalist joins newspaper’s sister title
Ex-democracy reporter takes on old employers with subscription news site
Journalists join forces to launch independent title
BBC to let trainees become local democracy reporters in ‘diversity’ drive
Move will allow “wider pool of journalists” to be employed by scheme
Democracy reporters left ‘uncertain’ about scheme’s expansion, union claims
NUJ calls for reassurance current journalists will be retained
BBC creates 15 new local democracy reporter jobs to cover more councils
Contracts for scheme to be retendered for first time
How the new local democracy reporter contracts will be divided
Full breakdown of which authorities will be covered