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ISSN (Print): 0969-4900
ISSN (Online): 2052-4307
On Wednesday 27 September, at the stroke of midnight, BBC News in Suffolk posted its next story online (BBC News, 2017). Hardly ideal timing, one might think, except that this was a story about a maternity ward and, as readers will know, babies being born will wait for no-one, least of all BBC reporters. Thus began #BBCMaternitylive: 24 hours of reporting from a single maternity ward in Ipswich to mark the busiest time of year for midwives.