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C4CJ & ICNN response to the Cairncross Review Report

ICNN and C4CJ welcome the recommendations of the Cairncross Report. We believe it is positive news that the review recognises…

UK’s oldest hyperlocal celebrates its 25th birthday

The UK’s oldest surviving hyperlocal community newspaper is celebrating its 25th year in print. The Broughton Spurtle was founded in…

Syndication deal between independent news sites to boost coverage of Welsh politics

A syndication deal between three of Wales’s largest independent news sites will help deliver vital news from the Welsh Government…

MP praises ‘incredible’ hyperlocal as yet another local newspaper closes

The closure of the Harlow Star is an ‘extraordinary day’ for residents of Harlow says hyperlocal publisher and editor of…

The Centre for Community Journalism’s Annual Report 2018

What an incredible year 2018 has been for independent community journalism! We are delighted to share our Annual Report which celebrates…

Award-winning hyperlocal launches their first print edition

An award-winning hyperlocal website owner who left her job of 13 years with Reach plc (then Trinity Mirror) to found her own hyperlocal has now launched a newspaper.

What is a Community News Project without community journalists?

Facebook’s commitment to local journalism is laudable. Investing £4.5m to fund the creation of 80 new community journalists should be…

Island hyperlocal launches new website paid for entirely by its readers

When it comes to independent community news publications, they don’t come more northerly than Shetland News. Affectionately dubbed Shet News…

“Real local journalism costs money to produce, it should be paid for, and there should be no excuses for stealing content.”

In August of this year Darryl Chamberlain, editor of 853London and the Charlton Champion, broke a story about cuts to…

Your views on support for independent community and hyperlocal journalism ‐ a short survey for editors in Wales

Thank you for visiting this article. This survey is now closed. A recent Inquiry into hyperlocal journalism recommended that the…

A new community newspaper launching in Enfield, London

Announcing the launch of Enfield Dispatch, a free monthly newspaper for the borough A new not-for-profit community newspaper will launch…

Cwmbran Life celebrates it’s 1,000th story

ICNN member Ben Black published his 1,000th story. Here he talks about juggling his day job around the site, how…

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