Major British Legal News Reporting Service Suffering Financial Woes

The Guardian’s Roy Greenslade reports that Strand News, which provides reports of the doings of the Royal Courts, needs financial assistance. According to its editor, James Brewster, it needs some cash to make it through the month.  “All we need in order to survive this is just a little bit of help. We’re not doing too badly.” Adds Mr. Brewster, “If we were to disappear, we think that a very substantial hole would be left in the news coverage of almost every media outlet in the country.” Mr. Greenslade agrees. “We already know that some courts around the regions are not being covered properly because agencies and/or newspapers can no longer fund the necessary journalism. This is a vital problem publishers have to solve. There is a public interest in the coverage of crime and punishment. To let that fall by the wayside would lead to justice, and injustice, being carried out in secret.”

Read more of Mr. Greenslade’s column here. Here’s more from the World Editors Forum.