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The Budget’s local impact: regional reports from HM Treasury

June 22, 2010

Now we’ve had today’s budget, why not see if hyperlocal can try and assess the local impact. HM Treasury has provided us with three press notices, a couple of photographs and the regional budget reports, one for each of the 10 regions of England and then one for each of the devolved regions of Northern [...]

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10 ways for hyperlocal sites to work with local papers

June 19, 2010

This one has already had a good dollop of re-tweets and blog posts about it so I thought I’d leave it a while before posting this to give it a *bump* (and because I’m rubbish and only just got round to it). David Higgerson, who’s a top bloke from Trinity Mirror and looks after their [...]

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Whatever you think hyperlocal is, you’re wrong

June 18, 2010

…but you’re probably right as well. Today a lot of people have been commenting on a blog post by David Ottewell at the Manchester Evening News about hyperlocal. In it, David says, There is a lot of talk these days about ‘hyperlocal’ sites. The idea is that journalists working in a small community can cover [...]

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Content ideas for hyperlocal web sites

June 18, 2010

Our lovely friends at Talk About Local have trained many active community members to run their own sites but they say they often struggle for ideas after the first few posts. So they’ve started a list of content ideas for new hyperlocals to get started. They include things like local festivals, wildlife, transport and local [...]

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Hyperlocal Network Mainstreet Connect Raises $3.97 Million First Round | paidContent

June 3, 2010

This is the start of what founder Carll Tucker event hopes will be 3,000 hyperlocal news sites by 2013. Before embarking on creating a hyperlocal news empire, Tucker was editor and publisher of Trader Publications, a community news company based in Cross River, NY. via Hyperlocal Network Mainstreet Connect Raises $3.97 Million First Round | [...]

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Orange Digital Campaigning Awards (NOT): The local general election

May 27, 2010

While plenty of people were shouting about how 2010 would see the first social media election, I wasn’t so sure. A more locally-focused general election seemed on the cards from where I sat (not surprising though as ‘local’ is kinda my thing now). The Orange Digital Campaigning Awards are supposed to pick out those good [...]

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8 quick tips for covering the general election in your community

April 23, 2010

Lots of people are talking about how social media will play a big part in the outcome of the general election this year, much like it did for the presidential elections in the U.S. last year. However, I think there’s an opportunity for hyperlocals and community sites of all kinds to really shine this year [...]

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Widgets for hyperlocal web sites

April 15, 2010

There’s a few widgets around that are helpful to hyperlocal widgets. Following on from a few tweets this afternoon, this post is an effort to put together a list of these in one place. This is just the start so please suggest more in the comments and I’ll add them to the list. Widgets for [...]

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It’s not just a web site, it’s a community

March 25, 2010

Over at Talk About Local, Clare White has written some great tips on managing the online community that inevitably rises up around a hyperlocal web site. Highlights including dealing with ‘idiots’, dealing with being ‘too small’ or ‘too big’ and volunteering versus business. I’ve decided to contribute my own tips to supplement Clare’s good work. [...]

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Future of News West Midlands Round-up

February 9, 2010

Last night saw the first Future of News West Midlands meetup take place at Birmingham City University’s Perry Barr campus. We started off with a quick introduction before Andrew Brightwell gave a short talk on his background and his involvement in new hyperlocal project, Grounds. Andrew told us how Grounds was the result of a [...]

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