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Hyperlocal journalism: What’s in a name?

Published on March 17, 2011 By Andy Halls

One of the first things that ran through my mind when wanting to start a hyperlocal website was the name. Arguably without it you cannot start to build a site, a community, nor a team of contributors. Tweet This Post

‘It’s time to drop the parenting act and grant us some freedom’

Published on November 26, 2010 By Andy Halls

Since senior tutors at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) sent round an email on Tuesday morning telling students to avoid demonstrations in the city centre on Saturday, there has been some debate as to whether they were right or wrong. Saturday will see the English Defence League (EDL) protest against the development of mosques [...]

Question time: Preston-style

Published on March 7, 2010 By ajhalls

ON FRIDAY evening I attended UCLan’s version of Question Time, which saw students fire questions at Preston’s MP and PPC’s. A fistful of students attended, as well as Preston’s current MP Mark Hendrick, and the two Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPC) for Preston, Nerissa Warner-O’Neill and Mark Jewell, representing Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, respectively. Tweet This [...]