Local newspapers in the UK are disappearing fast, creating news deserts and leaving councils unscrutinised. Enter a new generation of online reporters…
‘Nowhere else do you get this level of engagement’: Joshi Herrmann, founder of Mill Media, which runs titles in Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.‘Nowhere else do you get this level of engagement’: Joshi Herrmann, founder of Mill Media, which runs titles in Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.Local newspapers in the UK are disappearing fast, creating news deserts and leaving councils unscrutinised. Now, though, a new generation is reinventing community journalism.
Herrmann has no interest in traffic, let alone in clickbait; even the daily news cycle is something he sees only distantly, as if out of the corner of his eye. His focus is altogether more esoteric. Today, one of his newsletters, the, which serves Sheffield, published a 2,600-word piece about millstone grit, the local stone.
Spending on local news can lead to improved public spending. Once that watchdog function is gone, corruption increases All this has brought Herrmann plenty of attention. In April, he appeared at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, where he spoke of “taking on the challenge other companies are leaving behind”. In May, he was a star turn atSpectator
There are other models. Some US states now have a local news fund, so you don’t get a billionaire showing up in the newsroom
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