links for 2010-01-09

If this level of intervention is needed to open the door to diversity in the newsroom, this begs the question … have newspapers/news organisations lost touch with the grassroots readership?

Try to anticipate trends before they catch on, and embrace them. Here’s a few ideas to mull over as we sally forth into 2010. I would invest in a solid pair of boots, friends, the going’s not going to get any easier.

A map of hyperlocal websites from independent publishers across the UK. To add your website, email us. Discuss local websites at Hyperlocal Forum

An internal memo at the BBC on Thursday indicated that page impressions on the various regional news hubs on the BBC website had rocketed up to 23-fold, while figures for radio and TV audiences tuning in for local coverage had also gone through the roof.