Creative Scotland and Nesta are today calling for ideas that could contribute to the development of a hyperlocal media sector. (We find this news very exciting indeed!)
The call is part of a major new...
You might have read our article about the proposed closure of The Guardian Local Blog in Edinburgh, Leeds and Cardiff. Here is the story so far on Twitter today.......
http://storify.com/edinreporter/a-sad-day-for-hyperlocals.js
The Guardian is to close its local blogs in Edinburgh, Leeds and Cardiff over the next few weeks.
According to an article by Meg Pickard which made its way to The Guardian site earlier today,...
What is clear to us here at The Edinburgh Reporter is that there is a new kind of journalism in the UK. Online sites such as our own, The Lichfield Blog, SE1, King's Cross...
After 16 years, The Broughton Spurtle – one of Edinburgh's oldest hyperlocal papers – is still making waves. Alan McIntosh – a longstanding contributor – explains why:-
"I didn't get involved in community journalism until...
The downside of only being an online publication is that although you know how many people are visiting the site you really do not know if they are paying much attention.
But we have been...