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Talk About Local 2016 Round-up

Publishers, academics and students of hyperlocals and community media gathered in Birmingham last weekend (Sat 15th October) at the annual…

Using data journalism skills to hold local councillors to account

One of the most important roles of local journalists is holding councillors to account. Councillors are paid a pretty decent…

Can independent community-based news save local journalism?

Gareth Davies, an investigative journalist who formerly worked at Trinity Mirror-owned Croydon Advertiser recently ignited a debate about the state…

Voluntary group builds on 11 years of community work with new website

Thatcham Vision is a voluntary local group in West Berkshire; we put together a big community plan which has been…

Our newspaper celebrates our journey and Edinburgh’s festival scene

Five years and counting… It has been a journey running The Edinburgh Reporter website, and after about five years that…

Lessons from live blogging a community event

We set off to ‘Live Blog’ the Hedon Biker Weekend over the long weekend – and whilst that was a misnomer…

Madwblog – a newborn blog serving an historically rich community

Clayhanger boasts the title of village, has two churches, one school, a community centre, a common and a SSSI (Site…

The future of hyperlocal is black and white

Hyperlocal: relating to a very specific and often small community or geographical area. I discovered that definition after a 20-second Google…

Using community journalism skills to improve an expat Facebook page

My name is Brian Eldridge, I run a small community Facebook page, Puerto de la Cruz News and Views, and…

To campaign or not to campaign: a hyperlocal question

What is a hyperlocal? I found myself asking that question when Alt Reading – an online cultural magazine for Reading…

The small hyperlocal with the big story

In February, Portsmouth hyperlocal Star & Crescent broke their first story, about a plan by a Conservative councillor to ‘smear’…

Ad blocking is a reality: here’s how we tackled it

We (OnTheWight) were delighted to be selected as one of ten UK hyperlocal news sites to work with Nesta on…

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