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Lessons learnt from creating an app for a hyperlocal site

I am sat on a train while writing this and everyone around me with a smartphone or tablet has used…

Gwersi a ddysgwyd wrth greu ap i safle hyperleol

Rwy’n ysgrifennu hwn yn eistedd ar drên ac mae pawb o fy nghwmpas sydd â ffôn clyfar neu lechen wedi…

Covering the local elections – was it worth it?

I blogged a couple of months ago about how South Leeds Life was planning to cover the local elections this…

Do political parties engage with your hyperlocal?

One of my abiding memories of the 1997 General Election involves bumping into a candidate from one of the major parties…

Ydi pleidiau lleol yn ymgysylltu â’ch cymuned hyperleol?

Un o’r pethau yr wyf yn eu cofio am Etholiad Cyffredinol 1997 oedd taro ar ymgeisydd un o’r prif bleidiau…

Tweeting at community council meetings: the role of community journalists in local government scrutiny

Twitter has become a hugely popular social media platform which is used by an estimated 993 million users worldwide. Within…

Neighbourhood News: highlights and challenges

It is not often that newspapers write about themselves, but the numbers surrounding the decline of local newspapers across the…

Joining the revolution

I think I’ve just joined a revolution – thanks to Cardiff University’s new community journalism course. Hats off to Cardiff…

What’s in a MOOC?

Taking the education world by storm, there are over 5 million people worldwide studying a Massive Open Online Course right…

When is talking local not hyperlocal?

I read with interest Hannah Scarbrough’s piece on sport and hyperlocals, and it reminded me of my current ethnographic research of a…

How should a hyperlocal blog cover local elections?

South Leeds Life is a hyperlocal news blog that started about three years ago. We cover an unfashionable part of…

Sut dylai blog hyperleol roi sylw i etholiadau lleol?

Mae South Leeds Life yn flog newyddion hyperleol a ddechreuodd tua thair blynedd yn ôl. Rydym yn rhoi sylw i…

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