Richard Burton on local newspapers pay

Former telegraph.co.uk editor Richard Burton on the pay of local reports:

That's as maybe but, 30 years on, it's hard to justify paying a daily paper reporter who exposes a paedophile ring in Newcastle or a columnist in Manchester who changes the way a Bill on disability is drafted thousands of pounds less than a graduate who uploads video to a national website.

In response to David Montgomery's remarks that local journalists were scandalously underpaid. Some nice remarks on subbing in Burton's post, too.