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A new report released this week by the Media Standards Trust suggests a steep decline in international news stories by newspapers in the UK.

Are cuts to editorial resources and foreign news staff the reason behind it? Or are news outlets responding to a decline in interest in foreign affairs among their readers? Journalism.co.uk spoke with attendees at a launch event for 'Shrinking World: the decline of international reporting in the British Press' to find out more.

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Laura Oliver
Laura Oliver
Laura Oliver is a freelance journalist, a contributor to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, co-founder of The Society of Freelance Journalists and the former editor of Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)

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