Welcome to our fifth episode of Northern Natter, a podcast proving that you don't need to move to London to be a journalist. In this episode, your hosts, Katie Baggott and Katie Williams natter to Lis Marie Ferla, legal journalist and arts blogger and Richard Bellis, community reporter at the Northern Echo.

In this episode, we discuss the differences between freelancing and in-house journalism, whether media law is necessary and whether local journalism is dying or thriving.

Lis and Richard also share their top tips and tricks for young broadcasters and journalists.

Northern Natter is recorded via Zoom from Scotland and Northern England. 

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Edited by Katie Baggott.

Co-edited by Katie Williams.

Script: Katie Williams.

Music: Youtube Audio Library. Rolling Heads by Unicorn Heads.