Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Local Newspapers
Interesting article here about the decline of local newspapers. The writer suggests that local authorities should "stop wasting money on their own Pravda sheets" and buy space in local papers instead.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Yes and Polly Toynbee was lamenting their decline in the Guardian today. Frankly I get all my local news from this website. While the local newspapers and even sometimes the police don't get all their news here, they do get some. Roll on Web 2.0.
I thought the HP magazine was started in response to the one sided coverage the council received in the local papers.
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Permalink Reply by Nigel Lupton (luptonn) on
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The entire print media are struggling with rising costs and dwindling ad revenues from the locals all the way up to the nationals. Every time I pick up the Private Eye it has news of job cuts at some newspaper or other.
Polly's employer, Guardian Media Group are cutting jobs at a lot of local papers. See http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1173 and http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/31/nuj-advert-guardian
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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The Today programme examined the issue of the decline of local papers and their role in holding local councils to account as well. This paper, the Biggleswade Chronicle acknowledges that their future may be on the internet and not on the newsagents shelves.
Hear the segment here
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Permalink Reply by Anthony on
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A shame, my parents always get the Chronicle, it's always good to read about local news when I visit. Good to see it getting national focus!
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Permalink Reply by RobertHarris on
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Hasn't our own Haringey Advertiser recently stopped publication?
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You might be interested to know that Associated Northcliffe Digital (an arm of the company which owns the Daily Mail and a bunch of local papers) is attempting to emulate sites very much like Harringay Online. The idea - bandied about among journalists as 'hyperlocal' - is to encourage very focused, community-based news much of which will be generated from residents. You won't see a rival in Harringay though, because of Harringay Online. Interestingly, neither know how to generate revenue...
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The Newspaper Society have written to the local government minister over council freesheets and their worries over the withdrawal of statutory notices from local newspapers. More here
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Are local newspapers putting lurid crime stories on their front page to sell more copies?; probably. But do they have to include lurid detail of crimes committed within their articles? Example here.
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Permalink Reply by marc garrett on
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Very good point Matt. I think that local newspapers should be more adventurous and challenge themselves in exploring more of what is actually happening locally in ways which engage with and connect, beyond the more mannerist and common approach of sensationalizing information and events.
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Permalink Reply by BBU on
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This is quite interesting; I've wondered why we never receive the Harringay Advertiser anymore: Gazette, Advertiser and Press on strike
Even the Guardian couldn't help noticing the strike: Why even the sainted Ray Tindle is facing a strike by journalists
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Great Headline here:
I'm not sure if I've posted this before..?
If so, sorry!
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