- It feels honorable and exciting to be involved from the beginning and build up the business here, says Hedvig Nittve, SVT's reporter in Västervik.

Reporter Hedvig Nittve will work in Västervik for two newsrooms, SVT Nyheter Småland and SVT Nyheter Öst.

There she will monitor the southern part of Östergötland and the northern part of Kalmar county.

The newsroom in Västervik will strengthen coverage in the northern parts of Kalmar county and also in parts of Östergötland county.

Västervik will be the 48th place where SVT has a local newsroom.

The goal is for SVT to be present in at least 50 locations by 2023.

- Before we had 14 and 18 miles respectively to get to Västervik, now we can capture current issues in a better way, says Tomas Lundström, editorial director of SVT Nyheter Småland.

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Hedvig Nittve is SVT's new reporter in Västervik.

SVT thereby strengthens its local presence in Västervik, Hultsfred, Vimmerby, Valdemarsvik, Kinda and Åtvidaberg.

Photo: SVT/Ricardo Garcia