Archives: Hyperlocal Journalism

The Future of News(papers)...
Posted in Publishing, News, Pro Am Journalism, Hyperlocal Journalism on September 21st, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.

The first stage is denial, the second is anger, the third is bargaining, the forth is depression, the fifth is acceptance…then you die. Steve Boriss of The Future of News reminds us of the 5 stages terminal patients go through as they accept their death, using this pattern to illustrate how newspaper’s are either dying of going through the same path as terminal ill patients do. (more…)

My car, my house, my face: microblogging and the hyper-personal...
Posted in News, Hyperlocal Journalism on August 9th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.

Everybody is wondering what to do with hyper-local journalism: Can it work? How? Maybe, hyper-local is just too close to hyper-personal? Or is it the same? The hyper-local’s doom could be the hyper-personal’s glory. While social networking sites are more popular than ever, hyper-local sites are not flourishing. (more…)

Small news, big plans and no money: hyperlocal journalism...
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, News, Hyperlocal Journalism on July 13th, 2007. By Maren Hermans.

Naturally, the Internet works good for world news and vacation weather reports. But if the so called “World Wide Web” wants to go local, or even hyperlocal: is there anything more to add to the average citizen journalist reporting life from his living room? (more…)