Taking the leap into community journalism
Five hundred stories is a milestone we recently passed at EastGrinsteadOnline.com. In only two months a small team had written,…
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Mentro i faes newyddiaduraeth yn y gymuned
Aethom heibio i garreg filltir pum can stori yn EastGrinsteadOnline.com yn ddiweddar. Mewn deufis yn unig, roedd tîm bach wedi…
The one thing that can’t be taught
Cwmbran Life was set up three years ago after I spent 20 minutes on wordpress.com. I didn’t have a plan…
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…
