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Ventnor Blog

Ignorance over local bloggers prevents community getting to news that matters

February 25, 2010

VentnorBlog, the well-established Isle of Wight news blog, found itself thrown out of a coroner’s court on Tuesday. Coroner officer Richard Leedham told Simon Perry of the VentnorBlog, who is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and who has been writing VB for over four years, that the coroner did not wish [...]

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Introducing JournalLocal!

December 22, 2009

Welcome to JournalLocal, for now just a blog but soon to be a hyperlocal platform for communities everywhere. So-called hyperlocal sites are springing up everywhere, from tiny villages in Derbyshire to whole islands. Often they are created by active citizens who want to get more involved with their communities. These people often require some training, [...]

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