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<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Reporter: Stuart Littleford<\/span><\/p>\n

The Chartered Institute of Journalists is urging the government to keep its nerve in stopping local authorities in Waltham Forest and Hackney from publishing \u2018Pravda\u2019 style propaganda newspapers.<\/p>\n

Both councils have persuaded the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to postpone a final deadline of closure that had been set for Tuesday February 6th on their fortnightly Waltham Forest News and Hackney Today newsletters.<\/p>\n

Janice Shillum Bhend, who is to become President of the Institute in March, has played a leading role in campaigning against councils publishing PR papers full of their own press releases and political spin.<\/p>\n

Speaking to GPSJ Janice said: “Councils should be buying local advertising and supporting an independent local press.”<\/p>\n

She added: “The Communities secretary, Sajid Javid, needs to maintain a hardline. These council papers are biased towards promoting their own agendas and damage local democracy.”<\/p>\n

A recent Greater London Assembly report on \u2018The Fate of Local News\u2019 said “Local newspapers have, in some cases, been negatively affected by local authorities regularly publishing their own newsletters.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reporter: Stuart Littleford<\/p>\n

The Chartered Institute of Journalists is urging the government to keep its nerve in stopping local authorities in Waltham Forest and Hackney from publishing \u2018Pravda\u2019 style propaganda newspapers.<\/p>\n

Both councils have persuaded the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to postpone a final deadline of closure that had been set for <\/p>\n

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