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# Lichfield Live features in new book exploring the impact of coronavirus crisis on the media
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-live-features-in-new-book-exploring-the-impact-of-coronavirus-crisis-on-the-media/
- Published: 2020-05-19T12:15:57.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-19T12:16:15.000Z
- Description: The work of Lichfield Live features in a new book about the impact of coronavirus on the media.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

The work of *Lichfield Live* features in a new book about the impact of coronavirus on the media.

![The Virus and the Media book cover](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/virus-and-media-kindle-coversmall.jpg)

The Virus and The Media, edited by John Mair, looks at how the COVID-19 crisis might reshape local, national and international journalism.

It includes chapters from Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian, leading media commentator Roy Greenslade, and ex-Daily Mirror editor David Banks.

*Lichfield Live* editor Ross Hawkes is also behind one of the chapters, titled *Local news: who will supply the demand in post-pandemic communities?*. He said:

> “It’s been great to be included in this book alongside some key figures from the media world.  
>  
> “The chapter was a chance to bring some of my own thoughts on the way *Lichfield Live* has evolved during the crisis and responded to the demand for trusted news and information.  
>  
> “We’ve seen record audience figures showing people have a connection with their locality and what to know more about their communities in a way they didn’t perhaps before the outbreak.  
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> “From interviews I did for the chapter with other independent publishers, it’s clear we’re not the only ones seeing these huge jumps in audience figures and engagement.  
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> “But the irony of all of this is that while an apparent renaissance in local news is happening, [traditional publishers have mothballed their publications](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-newspaper-confirms-decision-to-pause-publication-after-coronavirus-sees-advertising-revenue-fall/).  
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> “The chapter tries to examine how these changing landscapes and new, more locally-connected communities might reshape the world of local media beyond the current crisis.”  
>  
> Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live

*The Virus and the Media by Bite-Sized Books, edited by John Mair, is* [*available now on Amazon*](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Virus-Media-Journalists-Pandemic-Bite-Sized-ebook/dp/B088QNVF1C/ref=sr%5F1%5F3?dchild=1&keywords=John+Mair&qid=1589885479&sr=8-3&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)*.*