“…Scholars have grappled with journalism in the digital age, leading the field of journalism studies to take a socio-technical turn (Carlson et al 2018). Trends identified include a rise in 'atypical newswork' (Cottle 2003, Deuze & Marjoribanks 2009, Deuze & Fortunati 2011, the presence of aggregation alongside traditional reporting as a key form of newswork (Boczkowski 2011, Anderson 2013, and the increased flexibility allowed by developments in both software and hardware (Singer 2011, Dean 2019, with contemporary court reporting practices now driven by online and social tools (Lambert 2011, Knight 2017, Johnston 2018. Certainly, while newsrooms may have shrunk during the financial crisis in journalism, they have retained a key role in news production in the UK's local newspapers, a role that has potentially even been enhanced as more newswork has been hubbed within centralised buildings (Moore 2015, Townend 2015, Howells 2016.…”