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Bookmarked: New survey on hyperlocal media released
A new survey on the hyperlocal news sector has been released today and makes for an interesting read.
Time Out set to launch Leeds website
Move over Paris, Madrid, New York and London! Leeds is set to rub shoulders with some of the biggest cities in the world when it gets its own online version of Time Out magazine.
Community festival launch for new Leeds community newspaper
A stall at Beeston Festival may seem to some like an unlikely setting to launch the latest addition to Leeds’s media scene. But the launch of hyperlocal website South Leeds Life into print at a community event celebrating community cohesion and attended by thousands of local residents could not have been more apt. South Leeds […]
Meeting to connect Leeds hyperlocals
Luke Beaumont at Holt Park Today is one of a number of hyperlocal bloggers in Leeds to use digital tools to inspire and motivate local communities.
Big developments in hyperlocal media
Journalist, researcher and hyperlocal guru Damian Radcliffe has written an interesting post on two shots in the arm for hyperlocal media over on the BBC College of Journalism blog.
Recording council meetings: It’s always good to get another democratic right
So, members of the public can now film and record at all meetings of Leeds City Council. As the ever reliable Quentin Kean reported on The Leeds Citizen earlier this week, the council has finally relented to allow the filming after Secretary of state for communities and local government Eric Pickles placed the rights of the […]
Destination Local – a new Leeds meet-up on December 3
As I mentioned the other week, the £2.5 million Destination Local project aims to support the next generation of hyperlocal media services in the UK.
Destination Local: £2.5m hyperlocal pot set for Leeds meeting
This week sees Leeds bloggers and media folk coming together to hear how a £2.5m competition will help bring ‘hyperlocal’ news and content to the masses. Innovation agencies Nesta and Technology Strategy Board have opened registration for Destination Local Demonstrators – a new hyperlocal media competition which will invest in projects that provide online news […]
‘Beyond Guardian Leeds’ blog is up for grabs
I’m sad local curation-based blog Beyond Guardian Leeds could soon be no more! BGL head honcho Mike Wallis recently announced that the blog would close on December 20 unless someone came forward to take it over.
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