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By: One Month Of Doing Hyperlocal At SR2 Blog | JoshHallidayDotNet

One Month Of Doing Hyperlocal At SR2 Blog | JoshHallidayDotNet — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:08:34 +0000

[...] inclement weather conditions are a boon for local news publishers (as Louise Bolotin’s week is also testament to). Four out of the five most-visited posts are snow-related, three are genuinely resourceful [...]

By: rosieniven

rosieniven — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:59:23 +0000

Thanks for the comment Paul. Yes, it’s true that many people don’t realise that the content that they are consuming came from Twitter, whether they are reading tweets embedded in a webpage, or listening to content from tweets that are read out on the radio. The same can probably be said about Audioboo. I think one of the problems is the Great British Public haven’t "got" Twitter in the same way as they "get" Facebook and are sceptical about signing up. I wonder if a big global event (and the media’s use of embedded tweets on webpages) could change that? Perhaps the 2010 Football World Cup?

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By: Paul Bradshaw

Paul Bradshaw — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:04:33 +0000

I think one frequent misconception when talking about these technologies is to assume that users of Twitter or Audioboo are the only possible audience. You can embed an Audioboo podcast on any webpage; you can also access it on iTunes. Likewise you can embed a feed from someone’s Twitter account onto a webpage, as BBC Sport did during the Rugby World Cup. The potential audience is anyone with access to your website, or indeed any others you syndicate the RSS feed to.

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By: And boo to you too « Rosie Niven

And boo to you too « Rosie Niven — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:02:44 +0000

[...] a journalist working at BBC Manchester and another Twitter evagelist, last week wrote about how Twitter helped her get into work when her travel plans were hit by the recent [...]

By: And boo to you too « Rosie Niven

And boo to you too « Rosie Niven — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:56:22 +0000

[...] a journalist working at BBC Manchester and another Twitter evagelist, last week wrote about how Twitter helped her get into work when her travel plans werer hit by the recent [...]

By: rosieniven

rosieniven — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:35:50 +0000

@MrsStephenFry You might find this useful, in that case! http://tinyurl.com/yklen8v

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By: One month of doing hyperlocal at SR2 Blog | JoshHalliday.net

One month of doing hyperlocal at SR2 Blog | JoshHalliday.net — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:20:40 +0000

By: lisbjerg

lisbjerg — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:38:36 +0000

“Why local news will always matter” or don’t let communities without local media bereft http://ow.ly/UAYG #journalism (via @StKonrath)

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By: Sarah_Booker

Sarah_Booker — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:18:02 +0000

Why local news will always matter: Telling people what they need to know. Local news websites and rad… http://bit.ly/7Vhb9h [del.icio.us]

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By: Sarah Booker

Sarah Booker — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:13:28 +0000

It’s during time like this (snow) that local papers can attempt to compete with radio in terms of as-it-happens news online and through social media.
Unfortunately the attitude of senior management has turned toxic towards the newspaper websites in the group I work for.