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Culture, council and campaigning – the UK hyperlocal scene today

7th July 2014 by Sarah Hartley

Today saw the launch of the UK Hyperlocal Community News report. It’s a welcome piece of (open access) quantitative research by three UK universities on the state of the British hyperlocal scene in a landscape where research has traditionally been a … [Read more...] about Culture, council and campaigning – the UK hyperlocal scene today

Filed Under: Blog, hyperlocal Tagged With: birmingham city university, hyperlocal, research, study

New research: How do hyperlocals contribute to local democracy and what do they need?

5th February 2014 by Mike Rawlins

Collaborative survey asks about hyperlocals’ contribution to the UK media landscape. Survey at this link Hyperlocal publishing and community websites are becoming an increasingly important feature of the UK media landscape, supplementing existing … [Read more...] about New research: How do hyperlocals contribute to local democracy and what do they need?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ahrc, Andy Williams, birmingham city university, Cardiff University, Dave Harte, hyperlocal, Judith Townend, media plurality and power project, research, Steve Barnett, University of Westminster

Hashbrum: experimenting with local news

25th November 2009 by nickygetgood

On 15th November I was lucky enough to grab a ten minute chat with Andrew Brightwell of Hasbrum, the new website of 'Birmingham Hyperlocal News' created by a group of students on Birmingham City University's MA Online Journalism course.  Hashbrum is … [Read more...] about Hashbrum: experimenting with local news

Filed Under: Examples of hyperlocal sites, Success Stories Tagged With: andrew brightwell, bcu, birmingham, birmingham city university, birmingham post, hashbrum, ma online journalism, marc reeves, michael grimes, peter fletcher, rhubarb radio, sunday local

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