Category Archives: localisation

News values in hyperlocal journalism

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In hyperlocal news, one reader’s banality is another’s vital intelligence. Writing on the first anniversary of his geotagging and hyperlocal news project Outside.in, Steven Berlin Johnson provides a great annecdote about how hyperlocal news coupled with geotagging can create enormous value for readers, even where individual pieces of information available may seem trivial to users who [...]

New German regional newspaper site is well worth watching

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A much-hyped, much-anticipated and much-delayed, very “Web 2.0″ regional newspaper portal is finally set to launch late this evening in Germany. While many regional publishers are pulling away from regional portals in favour of sites using established newspaper titles, the Essen-based WAZ newspaper group is going the other way, creating a new brand for its new [...]