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5 Mar

Hyperlocal topic at upcoming newspaper associations’ conference

A media all-star with journalism roots in Ontario will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Ink and Beyond conference, to be held May 13-14 in Toronto. John Paton was […]

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5 Mar

Facebook and hyperlocal news sites

This article reviews how Facebook can be used by a hyperlocal news website, as one of several social media tools. As Joni Ayn Alexander writes, other social media tools may […]

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5 Mar

Creating a non-profit community news site

One financial model being experimented with by hyperlocal news sites is not-for-profit. Instead of advertising generating revenues, subscribers or donors provide the funds necessary to operate. Here are five tips […]

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5 Mar

Washington Post ends hyperlocal news experiment

Like a few other large urban newspapers, the Washington Post decided to take a stab at a hyperlocal news site, but without success. It ended last month. Here is one […]

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5 Mar

Did Carleton j-prof argue against freedom of the press?

“It was strange reading the recent Citizen column by Klaus Pohle (“Presumptions of Guilt,” Feb. 24), because I could swear the Carleton University media law professor was arguing against freedom […]

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5 Mar

Six Chatelaine staffers let go

Six editorial staffers at Chatelaine have been let go, the Financial Post reports. The changes come a little more than four months after Jane Francisco took over as editor-in-chief of […]

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4 Mar

Editorial quality control for print content only at many magazines

Many magazines exempt their own websites from the editorial standards applied to their traditional print product, reports a study of editorial practices at 665 magazines by the Columbia Journalism Review. […]

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4 Mar

David Black joins Canwest suitors

David Black, who recently bought the Honolulu Advertiser, has joined those bidding for the Canwest dailies, The Globe and Mail reports.  If he succeeds, it would make him the largest […]

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4 Mar

How local is hyperlocal?

In the blog Hyperlocalist,  Jennifer Deseo shares some powerful insights by Steve Safran about the definition of hyperlocal. For some, it is niche sites and neighbourhoods. Yet, for others, it […]

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4 Mar

Newspaper websites most trust for local news

Despite the notion the Internet is a world-wide platform delivering news to a global audience, it is still a local perspective that matters most. This is why the hyperlocal news […]

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