How the Bureau Local plans to reinvigorate regional reporting in the UK

Imagine a situation where the diverse resources of writers and researchers in towns and cities across the UK were brought together in a collaborative project with the ambition and model of the Panama Papers investigation.
Could the impact of such an endeavour, with its potential to shape the news agenda by uncovering stories of major national significance, then shift the entire balance of power in the British media, reducing the influence of the big London publishers by reinvigorating the local