There’s a couple of events coming up offering help for the two of the big issues hyperlocal publishers are often concerned with - legals and revenues. Legals The Media Trust is offering an online question and answer session with Nick McAleenan, of … [Read more...] about Ask a lawyer about your hyperlocal issue plus learning to sell
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Community Guidelines
Last week we updated our Community Guidelines here on the site. The snappily named community standards and participation guidelines are a plain English guide to what we feel is acceptable here on Talk About Local. They outline what we expect from … [Read more...] about Community Guidelines
Website, magazine, television – just what is happening in hyperlocal York?
Since its launch online just nine months ago, York's One&Other has attracted attention locally and further afield for its ambitious mix of culture and news for the city. This month saw it launch a magazine and there's even a television station in … [Read more...] about Website, magazine, television – just what is happening in hyperlocal York?
Are you in Google News yet? Help us track it
As we reported earlier in the week, lots of hyperlocal news sites have found their way into Google News. Presumably some changes have taken place in the giant algorithm and now it seems people searching for local news and information in some areas … [Read more...] about Are you in Google News yet? Help us track it
Euston, we're going local
The fantastic coders over at Fix My Transport have been busily beavering away to deliver a new feature which is targeted at people who run Hyperlocal blogs. Thanks to their work it is now possible to subscribe to an RSS feed for a particular route, … [Read more...] about Euston, we're going local
"How my successful hyperlocal improved my job prospects"
A lot of discussion has been sparked this week by Richard Jones' article for the BBC Journalism College ‘Why I couldn’t make a living from my successful hyperlocal’ which looks at the reasons he felt the excellent Saddleworth News wouldn't give him a … [Read more...] about "How my successful hyperlocal improved my job prospects"