D-block GB-396000-297000
1986 Media_Express and Star
Interview with Brian Summers, general reporter with Wolverhampton Express and Star. The future of local newspapers, the Express and Star especially. There is much competition from national and other local newspapers. Also from television, radio,video,and teletext news. The Express and Star covers local interests which others do not. The paper can be read slowly and read more than once. Can be read on the bus or train unlike other media. The paper is progressive. It is put together by computers, typwriters are no longer used. Stories appear straight onto a computer screen. This is the main change in newspapers. It has caused dispute with print unions over fears for jobs. Main change in West Midlands is growth of unemployment.
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- General Impression
- Housing_ Old Hall Estate
- Landscape_ Pouk Hill Quarry
- Ecology_pouk Hill Quarry
- Transport_m6 Motorway
- Children's Games
- Children's Games
- Alumwell Schools
- The Gurdwara
- Shopping Centre_willenhall
- Religion_st. Giles Church.
- A Police Officer
- Crime In Darlaston
- Crime_ Magistrates
- Lock Museum _willenhall
- Religion_ Hindu Samaj Mandal
- Ecology_ Urban Landscape
- Media_express And Star
- Media_express And Star
- Community Schools
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