"We're still here when the national media goes home, so the weight of responsibility is quite heavy"
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The UK riots have dominated the news agenda in the last fortnight. Public violence and disorder, fueled by anti-immigrant sentiment, have been seen in England and Northern Ireland in the aftermath of the murder of three young girls in Southport, Merseyside on 29 July.
Reporting on the ground and throughout this whole crisis is The Liverpool Echo, the Reach Plc-owned news outlet.
In this episode, editor Maria Breslin tells us about the heavy workload and mental load of covering such a politically charged community story.
It is a news story where she has had to wade through various challenges, like physical abuse against her journalists, disinformation and the priorities of editorial coverage.
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