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    Articles tagged hyperlocal (61)

    Amedeo Tumolillo and Rich GordonMay 18, 2018
    What a 2004 experiment in hyperlocal news can tell us about community voices today
    Can a community news platform serve as “technology that protects our minds and replenishes society”?
    Christine SchmidtAugust 10, 2017
    The Shawnee Mission Post sees success in a new formula: Paywall. More civics. Fewer restaurants.
    “Nobody goes into journalism because they want to cater to advertisers and deliver them as many eyeballs as possible.”
    Dan KennedyFebruary 17, 2016
    Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news
    “For someone just starting out with a local news project, the most important takeaway from our report — and our work in general — is that we are stronger working together than we are working alone.”
    Madeline WelshJanuary 28, 2016
    The Programming Corporation of America has a plan to keep those digital political ad dollars local
    By creating locally focused series of short online videos and partnering with local outlets in early primary and caucus states, the company aims to capture some of the digital political ad dollars that could otherwise go elsewhere.
    How a local startup in Charlotte, North Carolina thinks it can make online advertising work
    Joseph LichtermanOctober 14, 2015
    With a neighborhood-level focus, Hoodline is trying to fill a gap in San Francisco news
    Hoodline, which covers 24 neighborhoods throughout San Francisco, says its granular coverage makes it stand apart.
    Dan KennedySeptember 29, 2015
    The Worcester Sun wants to bootstrap paywalled hyperlocal digital into a Sunday print product
    “We could use Sunday print to boost us into the stratosphere, to get us into a stable orbit where we can launch other things.”
    The hyperlocal news landscape may be bad in the U.S., but the U.K. faces even bigger challenges
    Joshua BentonSeptember 1, 2015
    As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed
    The quest for scale, driven by the distribution power of a few enormous technology platforms, is killing the business case for local news. Will anything take its place?
    Joseph LichtermanAugust 7, 2014
    Turning a profit in the Netherlands: How a Dutch hyperlocal network has grown
    Hyperlocal network Dichtbij has 44 local sites throughout the country, and brought in about €10 million in revenue last year.
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