Year 1
- Refined aim and objectives, see Aim, objectives, and research methods
- Literature review: news deserts in the UK, see Literature Review
- Methods: mapping of news deserts by district of coverage (see 1a. Mapping news deserts by office/title location), analysis of online engagement (see 1c. Social media engagement);
- Data collections: list of outlets, tweets, followers
- Extracurricular learning: Python, Linux, NLP, Machine Learning, see