Journo stuff I’ve collected on 07/07/2014

• UK Hyperlocal Community News | Findings from a survey of practitioners

  tags: hyperlocal community news

  • More than two thirds of respondents (70 per cent) see what they do as participation in community life, while over half (57 per cent) identify it as local journalism. As our own data below demonstrated, much hyperlocal output does indeed cover the kinds of information, campaigning and watchdog activities that are regarded as journalistic norms. In a media market where traditional providers of local news are in retreat people are stepping in and self-consciously doing it for themselves.

     

  • Key findings:

     

     
     
    • The UK community news sector is well-established, and dominated by players who have achieved a degree of longevity (nearly three quarters have been producing news for over three years, and nearly a third for more than five years).

     

    • Seven out of ten producers see what they do as a form of active community participation, over half see it as local journalism, and over half as an expression of active citizenship.

     

    • Large numbers also self-identify as producers of local journalism, and almost half have journalistic training or experience working in the mainstream media.

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