Mobile technology is leading the way in hyperlocal news
Access to independent information about what is going on locally is essential to a healthy democracy and vibrant community. News,…
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Rebooting local news
Buying a local newspaper is something many generations growing up or maturing don’t do anymore nowadays. Social media is constantly…
Bringing council meetings closer to our community
In January this year we hit a 1 year milestone of streaming Telford & Wrekin full council meetings, here is…
New research: How do hyperlocals contribute to local democracy and what do they need?
Collaborative survey asks about hyperlocals’ contribution to the UK media landscape Hyperlocal publishing and community websites are becoming an increasingly…
The future’s bright, the future’s cooperative?
It’s an inspiring story, familiar to most of us. A once treasured local asset is set to close, no longer…
Researching hyperlocal
Over the last 18 months my role in the ‘Media, Community and the Creative Citizen’ project has been to lead…
My experiences at The Gosport Times
When I was studying Journalism at London’s Brunel University I became very interested in hyperlocal news, both as an online…
What do we know about hyperlocal audiences?
What do hyperlocal[1] practitioners know about their audiences? What tools do they have at their disposal to discover their readers’…
Editor required: no experience necessary, enthusiasm essential…
This is all Morgan’s fault. Back in the Spring of this year my friend suggested that I’d be an ‘ideal’…
Learn what your community is telling you
One of the key skills for anyone covering a community has to be the ability to listen – hearing what…
Research your audience with census statistics
Who we are. How we live. What we do. What the 2011 Census tells us about society What were you…
“Feverish activity” – setting up a hyperlocal
The first fortnight of the “I Am News” project has been hectic, intense and also a lot of fun. Stuart…
