I used to start my day listening to the thirty minute, BBC global news podcast, which often has three updated podcasts per day during the work week, and one per

I used to start my day listening to the thirty minute, BBC global news podcast, which often has three updated podcasts per day during the work week, and one per day on the weekend. Then, sometime around 2015, maybe 2016, I began to notice major changes to the BBC podcast as well as other sister news outlets. Suddenly, there were more ads, less investigative stories, and more filler about the latest consumer trends. Over time, I began to gravitate in the opposite direction, away from international news coverage and more towards hyperlocal news unique to my area. Other problems become apparent with the local coverage, mostly a highly skewed and partisan bias by the owners who apparently flirted with political power and connections. I’m still looking for the perfect balance between hyperlocal and international, and I would love to see a media outlet who links the two together and shows the connections between the two. As far as I know, that’s never been done.