Comments on: Jon Bernstein on hyperlocal: Five steps to kick-start the local news revolution

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Most Retweeted: First 10 Journalism.co.uk Columns « Jon Bernstein — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:33:45 +0000

[...] Hyperlocal: Five steps to kick-start the local news The strength of hyperlocal is also its weakness – disparate projects in far-flung places. But here’s the thing. What works in KW1 – the business model, the editorial proposition – is likely to work just as well in TR19. [Journalism.co.uk] [...]

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Hyperboring? In Defence Of Hyperlocal, Pt 1 « Jon Bernstein — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:32:03 +0000

[...] Trust It. In Defence Of Hyperlocal, Pt 2 – Hyperlocal, A Rather Different Kettle Of Cocoa – Hyperlocal: Five steps to kick-start the local news revolution – The Hyperlocal Paradox – Hyperlocal: So What’s Going On In Your Backyard? Possibly related [...]

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:50:12 +0000

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By: william perrin

william perrin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:06:35 +0000

good canter around the issues

couple of extra points

skills and confidence to write and publish – are at the heart of it – just help people who are active in their community to publish to the web. otherwise there isn’t much content for people to aggregate. this is what http://www.talkaboutlocal.org is about

don’t try to monetise it up front – the business model is even weaker than that for local papers. build sites as a public service and then see about monetising them later.

local media brands have a huge role to play in ‘convening’ local content, but they need to respect people who publish well locally and free up their own (preferably geo-coded) content for others to reuse for free.

there is already a site that rounds up hyperlocal groups, mail lists etc – http://www.groupsnearyou.com

good to see this debate happening

cheers

By: The Hyperlocal Paradox « Jon Bernstein

The Hyperlocal Paradox « Jon Bernstein — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:26:15 +0000

[...] The Hyperlocal Paradox Filed under: Uncategorized — jonbernstein @ 10:26 am Tags: Hyperlocal, Journalism.co.uk My latest piece for Journalism.co.uk was published yesterday, Hyperlocal: Five steps to kick-start the local news revolution. [...]

By: James Rudd

James Rudd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:34:35 +0000

Don’t forget http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/nn12 yes we are a franchise, but we do have CMS that allows us to put advertising right up there with our content. I have been running my site for over two years.

The knack is content first, then visitors then sell advertising. I run the site part time but I am able to compete with the two local newspapers on news.

It’s a cracking little business – if anyone wants to know more email me at jamesrudd@aboutmyarea.co.uk