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Talk About Local – training thousands of people to set up community websites in their neighbourhood

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The dialogue on ultra or hyperlocal publishing around this site has led me to create a proposal to help active citizens create ultra or hyperlocal sites about their neighbourhood/community/locality.  The proposal is about skills, not technology … [Read more...] about Talk About Local – training thousands of people to set up community websites in their neighbourhood

'News will become a product of the community as much as it is a service to it' – great Jeff Jarvis post

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Wonderful incisive post from Jeff Jarvis which pulls together his thinking on the future of local news, including the hyperlocal and ultralocal. Excerpts include: 'The next generation of local (news) won’t be about news organizations but about … [Read more...] about 'News will become a product of the community as much as it is a service to it' – great Jeff Jarvis post

Facebook and hyperlocal voice

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Amidst all the hyperlocal froth people often forget that Facebook has a strong local neighbourhood component - not really by design, despite its origins in campus networks but more because people seem to love forming local area affinity groups.  … [Read more...] about Facebook and hyperlocal voice

Traditional press, new business models and processes

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Two good posts emerged recently from commentators on the traditional press and new media on new business processes and models.  Rather than those inherited from the industrial publishing process. Jo Geary in Birmingham writes about the thorny … [Read more...] about Traditional press, new business models and processes