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Richard Jones
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Why I couldn't make a living from my successful hyperlocal site
Richard Jones wrote previously on this blog about his experiences setting up his own hyperlocal service, Saddleworth News. Here he explains the strengths of hyperlocal coverage compared to conventional local media and why he ultimately decided he couldn't make a living from it. As a journalist...
Hyperlocal journalism: interviewing party leaders with toddler in tow
Richard Jones, founder of the hyperlocal website Saddleworth News, soon found his patch in the national spotlight: It's January 2011. In a cramped upstairs room at a car repair garage in Oldham, I sit next to a couple of other local journalists as we interview David Cameron about the Conserva...
