
Local News
The Mill, The Bell, the Ghost and the future of local news
Mill Media's latest site eschews Substack for Ghost. That's great: the web/newsletter/subscriptions space needs competition, and a choice of platforms for publishers.
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Local News
Mill Media's latest site eschews Substack for Ghost. That's great: the web/newsletter/subscriptions space needs competition, and a choice of platforms for publishers.
Reach finally hits on the right strategy for local audiences - and Elon Musk continues to wreak havoc on the the Twitter ecosystem
community management
The Bristol Post named and shamed abusive commentators. But that was the easy option.
local journalism
Local journalism is in trouble in the UK - there's no disputing that. What can the big national sites do to help?
local journalism
This week, Facebook has joined Google in throwing millions at the local news business. Is this really going to help the industry recover - or should we bee looking elsewhere?
journalism education
Press Gazette has revealed that Facebook is donating £4.5m to help train local journalists. But how sustainable is this?
Johnston Press
Johnston Press has escaped its debts — but it leaves behind angry investors, and hits employees right in the pensions.
Johnston Press
The clock is counting down to the end of Johnston Press, one of the great regional newspaper companies in the UK. The company is doomed - but can local news be saved?
Local News
How are the traditional local publishers managing the transition to digital? The panelists would like us to think it's going well, but the audience is skeptical.
hyper-local
Two examples of hyperlocal journalism - one that failed and one that is succeeding.
algorithms
Ooops. He Zucked it again. For three weeks running now, Zuckerberg’s big blue monster is messing around with the Facebook and its relationship with news. This is an actual photo of audience engagement people reading the latest missive from Facebook [https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/01/news-feed-fyi-local-news/]: And
amedia
Here’s a great example of local journalism getting really local again [https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/local-paper-%C3%B8stlands-posten-holds-open-meetings-in-its-newsroom-to-create-a-new-scene-for-public-debate/s2/a704432/] : > Østlands-Posten, a daily local newspaper serving the town of Larvik in Norway, has been inviting people to its newsroom to discuss subjects currently affecting the community