[ecrea] New Book | Hyperlocal Journalism: The decline of local newspapers and the rise of online community news

New book from Routledge.

Hyperlocal Journalism: The decline of local newspapers and the rise of 
online community news (in paperback, hardback, e-book)

By David Harte, Rachel Howells and Andy Williams.

/‘In the wake of the withdrawal of commercial journalism from local 
communities at the beginning of the 21st century, Hyperlocal Journalism 
critically explores the development of citizen-led community news 
operations./

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/The book draws together a wide range of original research by way of 
case studies, interviews, and industry and policy analysis, to give a 
complete view of what is happening to communities as their local 
newspapers close or go into decline to be replaced by emerging forms of 
digital news provision. This study takes the United Kingdom as its focus 
but its findings speak to common issues found in local media systems in 
other Western democracies. The authors investigate who is producing 
hyperlocal news and why, as well as production practices, models of 
community and participatory journalism, and the economics of hyperlocal 
operations./

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/Looking holistically at hyperlocal news, Hyperlocal Journalism paints a 
vivid picture of citizens creating their own news services via social 
media and on free blogging platforms to hold power to account, redress 
negative reputational geographies, and to tell everyday stories of 
community life. The book also raises key questions about the 
sustainability of such endeavours in the face of optimism from 
commentators and policy-makers.’/

https://www.routledge.com/Hyperlocal-Journalism-The-decline-of-local-newspapers-and-the-rise-of/Harte-Howells-Williams/p/book/9781138674547 


https://amzn.to/2KMZyp9

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David Harte is Associate Professor in Journalism and Media Studies at 
Birmingham City University, UK. Within the Birmingham School of Media he 
teaches on modules related to journalism studies, social media, and 
alternative and community media. He supervises PhDs in the areas of 
journalism and community media. He has also published on the role of 
social media in media education and worked on creative economy 
initiatives within the West Midlands.

Rachel Howells is a journalist and media researcher. She has worked as a 
journalist for almost 20 years and was a founding director of the 
hyperlocal news co-operative Port Talbot Magnet and editor of its 
newspaper and website. Her research is focused on the decline of local 
newspaper journalism in Wales and the effects of this decline both on 
the production of news and local citizens. She sits on the National 
Union of Journalists' Welsh Executive Council and on the advisory board 
of the Independent Community News Network (ICNN).

Andy Williams is Senior Lecturer at the School of Journalism, Media and 
Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He has a number of research 
interests which intersect journalism studies and cultural studies, 
including the practice and political economy of local journalism, and 
the relationship between news and public relations. He is a founder 
member of Cardiff University’s Centre for Community Journalism.


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