Local journalism: why a tiny news operation could inspire a different approach and is attracting big name support
The sums involved aren’t huge, but the significance for local journalism in the UK should not be underestimated.
- The sums involved aren’t huge, but the significance for local journalism in the UK should not be underestimated.
- So what is the Mill doing right and could it be a model for a new type of local journalism?
- When it first launched I invited Herrmann to talk to my journalism students about the project, then very much in its infancy.
- What started as a one-man operation is now a team of nine and it is advertising three new staff positions at the moment.
Change or die
- In the rush to digital and to find an alternative to advertising revenues and physical sales, local newspapers had to adapt or die.
- It also made a number of recommendations, including that online platforms should have a “news quality obligation” to improve trust in the news.
- Investment into companies such as The Mill could be the start of a new financial model for wider local journalism.
- It’s good news for people like me who believe in local journalism, however it is delivered.