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Andrew Norfolk's legacy for victims | BBC promises boost to local news ecosystem
And Press Gazette helps secure climbdown from Facebook over ban for journalist who posted link to story
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Good morning and welcome to your daily Press Gazette media briefing on Friday, 16 May, brought to you in association with Admiral - the Visitor Relationship Company.
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I sometimes tell journalism students that the money in this job is crap and job security poor, but you may be able to look back on your life one day and say to yourself 'I really did something that mattered'.
It doesn't happen every day. But all journalists will have times when their work made a tangible difference for the better. These moments often start with listening to someone who has been ignored, giving them a voice and persisting in your reporting until those wielding careless power take notice and address an injustice.
Former Times journalist Andrew Norfolk, who died this week aged 60, proved the power that an ordinary reporter can wield simply by compiling uncomfortable facts and persistently presenting them to the world.
I will remember him has someone who raised the reputation of our sometimes shabby trade at a time when it was at a low ebb in the wake of the hacking scandal and Operation Elveden witch-hunt against journalists and their sources.
Today we also report on a small victory against a tech giant which knows all about wielding careless power as Press Gazette helps secure the restoration of a journalist's Facebook account. Kent journalist Kate Faulkner was banned from the platform for posting a link to one of her publication’s stories.
And there is welcome news from the BBC which has revealed plans to expand its local democracy reporting scheme from the current total of 165 journalists embedded in commercial newsrooms around the country. Director general Tim Davie said he wants to "support the wider local news ecology".
One simple way to do this would be for the BBC to start linking to stories which originate in the local press rather than lifting them and by focusing BBC efforts around filling gaps in local news (rather than duplicating coverage found elsewhere).
Have a great weekend when you get there.
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Andrew Norfolk’s ‘legacy lives on in every child protected and victim heard’
“Andrew wasn’t just a journalist; he was a man of integrity and compassion who supported me through the darkest moments of my life.”
Facebook deactivated journalist’s account for posting story about sex offender
Radio station's news page was also taken down but restored after being told it was a "mistake".