Local News
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The digital transition of local news Paid Members Public
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.
Welsh Hyperlocals - lessons from success and failure Paid Members Public
Two examples of hyperlocal journalism - one that failed and one that is succeeding.
Facebook asks publishers: are you local? Paid Members Public
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
Norwegian paper makes local journalism local again Paid Members Public
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
Amedia: how to turn local news readers into subscribers Paid Members Public
Norway’s Amedia is successfully converting local newspaper readers into digital subscribers. Here’s how they do it.
When hyperlocal isn't really very local. Paid Members Public
David Higgerson, quoted on Hold The Front Page [http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2016/news/publisher-continues-web-rebrand-with-launch-of-new-county-wide-sites/] : > Lincolnshire Live and Cornwall Live follow the same model of hyperlocal news on a county-wide platform as the recently launched Essex Live, Kent Live, Gloucestershire Live and Somerset Live. David, I don’t
Facebook made local newspapers redundant Paid Members Public
The problem with local newspapers [http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2015/12/15/0641.html]: > John Robinson notes [http://johnlrobinson.com/2015/12/when-the-social-networks-beat-you-to-the-story/] that his local paper is much slower than Facebook and Twitter, often reporting local stories two days after it appeared on social media. What’
Buzzwording your way to irrelevance Paid Members Public
Johnston Press has clearly mastered the art of buzzwording [https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/6-opportunities-for-publishers-on-social-media-from-johnston-press/s2/a564844/] more than it has the art of social media: > “Twitter users are much more engaged with news brands,” he said, so the network’s place in Johnston Press’ social strategy is
