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VIDEO: Local newspapers in the Netherlands

Niek Hietbrink, a teacher and researcher at the Windesheim University of Applied Sciences talked to us about his research into local daily newspapers in the Netherlands. The study looked at the effects of lay-offs on the content of the papers. Hietbrink also shared his interests into continuing to do this kind of research and looking … Continued

Tags: local journalism, netherlands
Published: 30 Nov 2016

ARTICLE: Different papers represent social cohesion differently

The way local newspapers depict a city as a social unit depends on the type of paper, write Anna Leupold, Ulrike Klinger and Otfried Jarren, all of University of Zurich. The authors compared the depictions of “social cohesion” in the local papers of three German cities. The authors mapped representations of social cohesion on nine … Continued

Tags: local journalism, representation
Published: 31 Oct 2016

ARTICLE: Local news are too hard to understand

Local newspapers are written in a manner which makes the news hard to understand, Ben Wasike of University of Texas Rio Grande Valley writes. The author analysed local newspaper content from 40 US counties and compared that information to census data from those areas. The author used two measures to analyse the news: the Flesch–Kincaid … Continued

Tags: local journalism, newspapers
Published: 31 Oct 2016

CFP: Local news in dire straits

The conference “Is no local news bad news? Local journalism and its future” is now looking for contribution proposals. The event will take place in Toronto, Canada, on the 3rd and 4th of June 2017. The event welcomes journalists, scholars, policy makers and citizens alike. It invites contributions on such topics as: the role of … Continued

Tags: local journalism
Published: 24 Oct 2016

ARTICLE: Turning suffering into practical action

In 2013 a garment factory The Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh. 1134 people were killed, and around 2500 were injured making it the deadliest garment factory accident in history, writes Kristin Skare Orgeret, of Oslo and Akershus University College. The article offers a critical analysis of the media coverage of the Rana Plaza disaster in four newspapers … Continued

Tags: crisis journalism, foreign correspondence, local journalism
Published: 6 Oct 2016

ARTICLE: Reciprocity is key for hyperlocal journalism

Reciprocal relationships between the audiences and journalists are a crucial component of hyperlocal journalism, write Dave Harte and Jerome Turner, both of Birmingham City University, with Andy Williams, of Cardiff University (author names not in original order). They analysed 1 941 pieces of hyperlocal journalism, interviewed 35 journalists, and did a case study on one … Continued

Tags: journalistic profession, local journalism
Published: 5 Sep 2016

Hyperlocal data journalism: Andy Dickinson interview

VIDEO: Hyperlocal data journalism

Andy Dickinson, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire and working at the Media Innovation Studio, talks to us about hyperlocal data journalism. We interviewed him at the Nordic Data Journalism Conference in April 2016. He explains the situation with traditional local media and hyperlocal media in the UK. We also talked about … Continued

Tags: data journalism, local journalism, media innovation, United Kingdom, video
Published: 26 May 2016

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ARTICLE: Ireland’s local newspaper crisis

Local newspaper industry in Ireland has suffered a crisis falls during the last ten years. It has struggled to create sustainable business models for the digital era, explains Anthony Cawley of Liverpool Hope University in his new research article. The study focuses on Johnston Press media group, which faced significant financial difficulties during recent years. … Continued

Tags: Ireland, local journalism, media history, newspapers
Published: 17 May 2016

ARTICLE: Local journalism becomes less of a watchdog

Local journalism is giving up on the “watchdog” role and turning increasingly to a “campaining” role, writes Julie Firmstone, of University of Leeds. Firmstone interviewed 12 local journalists and two local official communicators in the city of Leeds, United Kingdom, regarding changes in local journalism. According to the author, the most disturbing change the interviewees … Continued

Tags: journalistic identity, local journalism
Published: 14 Apr 2016

ARTICLE: Czech newspapers delocalized in 20 years

Czech newspapers published less local news content in 2009 than what they did in 1989, writes Lenka Waschková-Císařová, of Masaryk University. The author analysed the contents of two Czech local dailies, and interviewed journalists working for the publisher of said papers, the Vltava-Labe-Press (VLP). The content analysis shows that shared content (centrally produced and thus … Continued

Tags: local journalism, newspapers
Published: 8 Apr 2016