Credit: James Ashworth News How did you get your first job at a local paper? James Ashworth, City, University of London graduate, talks about becoming a local reporter at the Andover Advertiser during the pandemic By Grace Braddock • 2 min read
Credit: Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash News Nesta study reveals UK is “lagging behind” other countries in funding of public interest news When more than half of newspaper jobs are concentrated into 10 districts, how do we ensure the sustainability of hyperlocal news? By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
Credit: Tess on Unsplash News 'I don't trust the news to tell our stories' The Bureau Local shares its findings from the 'Change the Story' initiative, a project to help people feel represented in local news By Rachel Hamada • 3 min read
Credit: Courtesy RISJ News Digital News Report 2020: covid-19 accelerates digital shifts in the media industry Latest RISJ research shows that while the pandemic has boosted subscription revenue, its financial impact on the news industry may outweigh the gains By Marcela Kunova • 5 min read
Credit: Chris Montgomery on Unsplash News Newsrewired to offer 40 virtual places to local journalists thanks to support from the Google News Initiative Originally planned to take place on 4 June 2020 in Manchester, our conference has been moved online due to covid-19 By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Sean Dreilinger on Flickr News 108 hyperlocal UK publishers may go bust without government financial help The Independent Community News Network calls for emergency funds to support small community newspapers as local businesses hit by anti-covid-19 measures stop advertising By Marcela Kunova • 3 min read
Credit: Pexels News What will determine the survival of local news? Not all page views are valuable and not all readers are the same. The Medill Local News Initiative distils key learnings from its research into sustainable journalism By Daniel Green • 4 min read
Credit: Courtesy Kapang TV News New platform Kapang TV brings hyperlocal content to 400 UK towns and cities The local media service will be delivered to British homes via broadband and will offer bespoke local advertising in a bid to become financially sustainable By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
News Bangladeshi reporters now have a mobile journalism guide written in their mother tongue To end the era of poorly-translated foreign manuals, this new book by the mobile specialist Jamil Khan teaches local students and citizen journalists to use a smartphone for field reporting By Jacob Granger • 2 min read
Credit: Courtesy TBIJ News Reporting with people, not on them: how The Bureau Local took a story full circle To get in-depth insights into homelessness, investigative journalists used the concept of 'radical hospitality' By Rachel Hamada • 5 min read
Credit: Image by Egor Shitikov from Pixabay News How can we make local, independent journalism sustainable in 2020 (and beyond)? US-based Santa Barbara Independent is experimenting with a paywall for online subscribers to keep its free weekly community newspaper afloat By Marcela Kunova • 2 min read
Credit: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive , UCLA Library. Copyright Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library. News LA Times posts historic images on a new Instagram account to engage younger news audience The US local news publisher leverages its past to build a new community of readers, garnering 5,000 followers in two months By Jacob Granger • 3 min read
