The hyperlocal (and big sport) future of news

I spent an instructive couple of hours in the offices of the Sunderland Echo yesterday talking with their digital editor. It was an excellent opportunity to get inside a changing newsroom, with pressures of integration, industry sales and, even, writing copy.
The paper is an example of both the innovations and challenges of how a successful [...]

Local & Green 2: the power of the Prius

Two economists in the US have shown why geography is likely to be key to green activity. Matthew Kahn and Ryan Vaughn, at the University of California at Los Angeles, looked at the patterns of green consumerism in California. As reported in the Economist last month:
They noticed that Berkeley, California, just a few hours up [...]

Local & Green 1: flicking the switch

Each day this week I’ll be posting on Local & Green: why environmental journalism is best at the local level, and can help grow a renewed local media industry. Today I’m looking at…
Flicking the Switch: which newspapers are making the leap to communal green media?
Inspired by last month’s Carnival of Journalism, I blogged about why [...]