Local and Hyperlocal media research

Reports

• University of Oregon / Agora Journalism Center: Shifting Practices for a Stronger Tomorrow: Local Journalism in the Pacific Northwest (2019), by Damian Radcliffe, Destiny Alvarez, Alex K Powers and Jaycie Schenone. Download from the University of Oregon Scholar’s Bank, or via Scribd, SlideShare, ResearchGate and Academia.edu. 
• Tow Center for Digital Journalism: Local News in a Digital World: Small-Market Newspapers in the Digital Age, by Damian Radcliffe; Christopher Ali (Available via: Columbia Academic Commons, CJR)
• Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon: Local Journalism in the Pacific Northwest: Why It Matters, How It’s Evolving, and Who Pays for It (UO Scholars Bank, Academia.edu, SlideShare, Scribd, Story on UO School of Journalism website)
• Tow Center for Digital Journalism: Life at small-market newspapers: A survey of over 400 journalists, by Damian Radcliffe, Christopher Ali and Rosalind Donald, (available via CJR, GitBook, Columbia Academic Commons)
• Cardiff University and Nesta: Where are we now? UK hyperlocal media and community journalism in 2015 (Available on Scribd, Academia.edu, Summary Slides)
• NESTA:  “Here and Now: hyper-local in the UK” (15,000 word landscape report), March 2012
• Ofcom: Regional and Local Media in the UK: sections on community and hyper-local media, Sept 2009

Book Chapters

• Abramis: “The importance of little data: creating an impact at a local level”, book chapter in Data Journalism: Inside the global future, edited by Tom Felle, John Mair, Damian Radcliffe.
• Abramis Academic Publishing:  “Hyperlocal media and data journalism” in “Data Journalism: Mapping the future,” edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble, with Teodora Beleaga and Paul Bradshaw. (Buy via: Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk)
• Abramis Academic Publishing: “Hyper-local Media: A Small but Growing Part of the Local Media Ecosystem” chapter for book; “What do we mean by local? The rise, fall and possible rise again of local journalism,” edited by John Mair and Richard Lance Keeble with Neil Fowler.
• The Democratic Society: Book chapter, “Hey! Regulator! Leave those Hyperlocals alone!” in a publication on Media Regulation & Democracy, 2012.
• Online Networked Neighbourhoods Study:  Paper: “Broadcast Community Media in the UK”, Nov, 2010

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Conference Papers

• Digital Journalism (Journal): The Digital Life of Small Market Newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Thomas R. Schmidt, Damian Radcliffe & Rosalind Donald, 10 October 2018
• Journalism (Journal): Searching for Sheboygans: On the future of small market newspapers, by Christopher Ali, Damian Radcliffe, Thomas R Schmidt, Rosalind Donald, 01 January 2018.
• Journalism Practice (Journal): Practicing Engagement, Participatory journalism in the Web 2.0 era, by Regina G. Lawrence, Damian Radcliffe & Thomas R. Schmidt, 03 November 2017.
• Ali, Radcliffe, Donald and Schmidt (2017) ‘Why don’t we talk about local news anymore? Conversations with experts on the future of small market newspapers.’  [Paper accepted and presented at the 67th ICA Annual Conference, 25-29 May 2017 in San Diego.]
• Ali, Radcliffe, Donald and Schmidt (2016/17) ‘Searching for Sheboygans.’  [Paper accepted for Ryerson University School of Journalism: “Is no local news bad news? Local journalism and its future” conference. be held 3-4 June, Toronto, Canada, 2017.]
• Radcliffe, D (2016)  “A importância dos dados para o jornalismo local”  / The Importance of Data for Local Journalism, Comunicação & Educação, São Paulo, v. 22, n. 1, p. 85-97, June 2017. ISSN 2316-9125 (in Portuguese).
• Radcliffe, D and Scarbrough, H (2016) ‘How and why Hyper-Local Journalism Looks Different in the U.K.,’ in Communication & Education (Comunicação & Educação),a Brazilian publication in the area of Communication and Education, edited by the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) [Translated into Portuguese. In Press.]

Articles

• What’s New In Publishing: 231 ways publishers can make media pay
• The Conversation: COVID-19 has ravaged American newsrooms – here’s why that matters, (also republished in Nieman Lab,  Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Yahoo! News, MSN, EconoTimes, The National Interest + others. Translated into Japanese by Media Innovation), 21 July 2020
• European Journalism Observatory (EJO): Supporting local journalism in the age of Covid-19, (also available in Italian and German), 01 June 2020
• Medium: Local news is changing. We want local newspaper journalists to tell us how, 23 March 2020
• IJNet: Strengthening local journalism: 10 tips for newsrooms, (Also available in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese and Russian), 26 February 2020
• The Conversation: Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up, (also republished in Salon, The Oregonian, Fourth Estate and others), 19 November 2019
• Nieman Lab: Doing more with less: Seven practical tips for local newsrooms to strrrrretch their resources (with Jaycie Schenone), 15 November 2019
• The Conversation: How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative, (also republished by The Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy, PennLive,  The Raw Story, Salon, The Rivard Report (San Antonio), The Oregonian, Tucson Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate and others,) 28 November 2018
• Poynter: Lessons learned: Seven ways news outlets can rebuild trust and sustainability, 22 October 2018
• What’s New In Publishing: How local news publishers in Europe are responding to digital, 16 August 2018
• Editor & Publisher: Shoptalk: Is Local News on the Cusp of a Renaissance?, 19 January 2018
• Columbia Journalism Review (CJR): 8 strategies for saving local newsrooms (with Christopher Ali), 6 November 2017
• The Conversation: Is local news on the cusp of a renaissance? (also republished by Salon, Newsify (App), San Francisco Chronicle/SFGate, Lee Enterprises (Newspaper chain), Idaho Press-Tribune, EconoTimes, International Policy Digest, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, and others), 22 October 2017
• MediaShift: 8 Key Trends in Local Journalism (also republished by IJNET, English, Arabic), 18 October 2017  
• journalism.co.uk: Fresh approaches to the role of journalism at local titles in the Pacific Northwest, 05 October 2017
• MediaShift: How the State of Local News Varies (and Doesn’t) Around the World, 31 May 2017
• CJR: ‘Respect print and grow digital’: Survey of over 400 local journalists reveals optimism (with Christopher Ali), 10 May 2017
• Nieman Lab: If small newspapers are going to survive, they’ll have to be more than passive observers to the news (with Dr Christopher Ali), 02 February 2017
• PennLive: We need a renewed focus on local news: Damian Radcliffe, 29 December 2016
• Tow Center (Medium blog): In these uncertain times, local newspapers are more important than ever (with Christopher Ali), 14 November 16
• The Conversation: Experts’ roundtable: The future of journalism in Trump’s America, 29 November 2016
• MediaShift: 5 Tips and Best Practices for Hyper-Local Data Journalism, 17 May 2016
• MediaShift: How and Why Hyper-Local Journalism Looks Different in the U.K. (with Hannah Scarbrough), 21 March 2016
• BBC: Local data journalism: Five tips and a few key things to consider, 02 February 2016
• BBC: What next for community journalism?, 09 September 2015
• Centre for Community Journalism: Community journalism in the UK: the emerging evidence base, 09 September 2015
• Carnegie UK Trust: How can policy makers support UK hyperlocal media?, 22 June 2015 (also republished by the BBC)
• Carnegie UK Trust: 10 ways hyperlocal media is contributing to UK journalism, 27 April 2015 (also re-published by BBC College of Journalism, Centre for Community Journalism, Online Journalism Blog)
• journalism.co.uk: 5 predictions for hyperlocal media in 2015, 11 February 2015
• Online Journalism Blog: #Hyperlocal Voices: Niall Norbury, Alt Reading, 19, January 2015
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog and Brixton Bugle, 24 November 2014
• Street Fight: 5 Tips for the Aspiring Hyperlocal Publisher, 11 November 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Jenny Shepherd, Upper Calder Valley Plain Speaker, 03 November 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Mark Baynes, Love Wapping, 01 October 2014
• BBC: Five key findings about hyperlocal journalism in the UK, 24 September 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Jack Davies, Tongwynlais, 22 September 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Geraldine Durrant, East Grinstead Online, 28 August 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Matthew Duffy, Coventry Culture, 18 July 2014
• BBC: Five ways local media can help itself #localjournalism, 8 July 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal media and engagement with political parties: what’s been your experience? 22 May 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Jamie Summerfield, A Little Bit of Stone, 05 May 2014
• Street Fight: How Hyperlocal Publishers Can Take Advantage of the Data Gold Rush , 02 May 2014
• BBC College of Journalism: Cardiff Uni’s Mooc plus Nesta guide a shot in the arm for hyperlocal, 22 April 2014
• journalism.co.uk: 5 ways hyperlocal sites can do more with data, 18 February 2014
• BBC College of Journalism: Data stories need context for hyperlocal audiences, 4 February 2014
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Ray Duffill, Hedon Blog, 6 December, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: David Williams, MyTown Media, 26 November 2013
• BBC College of Journalism: Hyperlocal media: A small but growing part of the local media ecosystem, 16 September, 2013
• Journalism.co.uk: ‘Where hyperlocal media should focus its attention’, 16 September, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Annemarie Flanagan, Editor of EalingToday.co.uk, 11 July, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices Revisited: Ross Hawkes, Lichfield Live, 03, June, 2013
• Journalism.co.uk: ‘Hyperlocal media is coming in from the cold’, 1 May, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Geoff Bowen, Sheffield Forum, 23 March, 2013
• Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: Cardiff University launches UK’s first Centre for Community Journalism, 13 March, 2013
• BBC College of Journalism: Hyperlocal and happy to be in print, 5 March, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Paul Smith, HU17.net, 25 February, 2013
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Simon Pipe, St Helena Online, 04 October 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Matt Brown, Londonist, 16 August 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Richard Gurner, Caerphilly Observer, 25 July 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Ed Walker and Ryan Gibson, Blog Preston, 02 Juyl 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Rachel Howells, Port Talbot MagNet, 22 June 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Hyperlocal Voices: Zoe Jewell and Tim Dickens, Brixton Blog, 12 June 2012
• BBC College of Journalism: Walking the local TV tightrope, 17 May, 2012
• Journalism.co.uk: Why hyperlocals should not rule out print, 01 May, 2012
• Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network: UK Hyperlocal Challenges And Opportunities 30 April, 2012
• Street Fight: Report Identifies Elements of Hyperlocal Success in the U.K. 27 April, 2012
• The Democratic Society: Media regulation: leave hyperlocal out of this, 23 April, 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: Location, Location, Location, 01 February, 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: 2011: the UK hyper-local year in review, 04  January, 2012
• Online Journalism Blog: The rise of local media sales partnerships, 07 December, 2011
• Online Journalism Blog: Why hyper-local matters, 15 September, 2011
• Wales Home: What’s the hype about hyper-local?, 11 February, 2011
• Talk About Local: Local Video Online, 01 October, 2010

 Presentations & Guest Lectures

• LION Publishers: Annual Summit, Panel on “Charting Progress in Local News,” Nashville, Tennessee, 25 October, 2019
• City Club of Central Oregon: EXTRA! EXTRA! The News: Change and Challenge, Panel on the future of local journalism in Bend, Bend, Oregon, 15 October 2019
• Kansas State Press Association: 2019 Montgomery Family Symposium, keynote on digital disruption and workshop on implications latest research and trends, Topeka, Kansas, 11 October 2019
• newsrewired: Presentation on “The state – and future – of US local newspapers,” (audio, slides, video interview) London, UK, 11 July 2018
• New York Press Association: Presentation/Workshop on “Digital Disruption and Local Newspapers,” Albany, New York, USA, 14 April 2018.
• University of Oregon: SOJC Research Seminar Series, “Local Newspapers in the United States,” Eugene, Oregon, 21 February 2018.
• Association of Information and Communication Media (AMIC): “Local Media Opportunities: the USA Experience,” (slides), opening keynote, 6th International Conference of proximity media, Barcelona, Spain, 22 November 2017
• Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School: Local News in a Digital World, 15 November 2017. (Slides, Recording of event on YouTube) 
• Local Independent Online News Publishers, 2017 Annual Summit: “The plight and future of small-market daily local newspapers,” Chicago, Illinois, 28 October 2017. (Watch on YouTube)
• Inland Press: “When digital disruption comes to town: How small-market newspapers are thriving,” webinar, 03 October 2017.
• Inland Press Association and SNPA (Southern Newspaper Publishers Association): “When digital disruption comes to town: How small-market newspapers are thriving,” Colorado Springs, Colorado, 11 September 2017.
• Ryerson University: “The Economics of Local: Survival in the New Competitive Landscape,” panel, presentation on “Searching for Sheboygans: the future of small market newspapers,” at “Is no local news bad news? Local Journalism and its future” hosted by Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, 04 June 2017.
• Ryerson University: Opening panel, “Understanding Local Journalism: An Overview” presentation on “Differences between local media in the UK and USA,” at “Is no local news bad news? Local Journalism and its future” hosted by Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, 03 June 2017.
• International Journalism Festival: Chair, Reimagining local news for the digital age, 6 April 2017.
• Association of Alternative News Media: Rebuilding Public Trust in Media in the Age of Trump, speaker/session co-chair, annual conference, Portland, Oregon, 20th January 2017.
• Cardiff University and Nesta: “What next for community journalism” conference. “Where are we now? UK hyperlocal media and community journalism in 2015“, Cardiff, 09 September 2015.
• Centre for Research on Communities and Culture,  Canterbury Christ Church University: “How can hyperlocal media create active and digitally inclusive communities?“, Canterbury, 09 June 15.
• TEDxReset: “How to use digital tools to build active communities“,  Istanbul, Turkey, April 17, 2015
• FutureLearn and Cardiff University: MOOC on Community Journalism.  Modules on “Sustainability” and “Measuring Success”.  Launched April 2014.
• NESTA and the Technology Strategy Board: “Destination Local” demonstrators sandpit, 5 February, 2014.
• Cardiff University, Community Journalism Conference, Presentation on the UK Opportunity for hyperlocal media and community journalism, 16 January 2013.
• Annenberg–Oxford Summer Institute: Hyper-local definitions and trends, 8 July, 2011.
• BBC Innovation Academy: Conference on 21st Century News, 01 April, 2011.
• Birmingham City University: Introduction to hyper-local, 01 December, 2010.
• Inside Ofcom (internal briefing):  Introduction to hyper-local media, 12 November, 2010.
• Staffordshire University: PSB, Local News and the Broadcasting Code, 23 March, 2010
• Birmingham City University: Trends, PSB, Local Media and Digital Britain, 26 November, 2009
• London Metropolitan University: PSB and Local News, 12 November, 2009
• Staffordshire University: The Future of Public Service Broadcasting, 24 February, 2009
• Birmingham City University: Ofcom and Public Service Broadcasting, December, 2008
• Westminster Media Forum: Local TV and the Digital Dividend, Speech & Panel Q&A, 17 July, 2007

Media Mentions and Other Contributions

• Poynter, Local Edition newsletter: After George Flloyd, 18 June 2020
• KPOV, High Desert Community Radio: Interview with Bruce Morris, for The Point, 16 June 2020
• The Bulletin (Bend): Facebook Live – Interview with Damian Radcliffe for City Club forum, 16 June 2020
• The Bulletin (Bend): Online forum to examine effect of COVID-19 on American media
• KOIN 6 News (Portland): Molalla men hope to fill local news void. They’re not alone, 10 June 2020
• OPB, Think Out Loud: Local Newspapers Suffering Steep Declines, (15 min live radio segment) 08 April 2020
• US News Deserts (University of North Carolina/UNC): Research Spotlight,  Tracking The Changing Local News Landscape: Questions With Damian Radcliffe, 17 February 2020
• Malheur Enterprise: Enterprise chosen for national journalism project, 07 February 2020
• Our Hometown: 7 Practical Tips for Local Newsrooms in the Digital Age, 19 December 2019
• Grants Pass Daily Courier: City’s newsletter’s business profile are problematic, critics contend, (paywall, PDF’s of story on A1 and A5), 12 December 2019
• The Idea, Atlantic Media: WaPo debuts new Spanish-language news podcast, 09 December 2019
• The Bedford Citizen: Not Saying Pretty Please, 22 November 2019
• Journalism.co.uk: Tip: How to stretch your resources, 18 November 2019
• The Swellesley Report: The Swellesley Report finds kindred souls at LION Publishers Summit, 17 November 2019
• Kansas Press Association: Montgomery Symposium: how to adjust to digital disruption, 18 September 2019
• J-Source.ca (The Canadian Journalism Project): Local news snapshot finds journalists split on their future, 09 May 2019
• Grand Haven Tribune: PAINTER: The Tribune is one of those resilient newspapers, 25 March 2019
• INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine: Journalism Schools Find New Approaches to Covering Underrepresented Audiences, 22 March 2019 + May 2019 issue
• Oregon Humanities: Returned, How Douglas County lost and regained its libraries, 31 January 2019
• Sunbury News: Why local newspapers make us all better,  17 January 2019
• High Country News: As the ecosystem of news changes, will journalists adapt fast enough?, 24 December 2018
• Warren Tribune Chronicle: Why local newspapers make us all better, 01 December 2018
• American Press Institute: Need to Know: November 28, 2018, 28 November 2018
• Pew Research Center: Daily Briefing of Media News, 27 November 2018
• Nieman Lab: What we are reading + Daily Digest email, 27 November 2018
• journalism.co.uk: Tip: Seven lessons in rebuilding trust in news organisations, 01 November 2018
• GetReligion: Monday Mix: Pittsburgh shooting, hate that kills, Sutherland Springs, white nationalism, ‘double lives’, 29 October 2018
• Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ Leads, 10/24/2018, 24 October 2018
• American Press Institute: Need to Know: October 24, 2018, 24 October 2018
• Nieman Lab: What we are reading, 23 October 2018
• Poynter: Your ideas for local news: Partner, celebrate, bring back town criers, 27 August 2018
• Business 2 Community: 8 Keys to Epic Data-Driven Storytelling, 25 August 2018
• KLCC: Across U.S., Press Takes On White House’s Attacks On Media, 16 August 2018
• StreetFight:  A Probing Look at Local News Comes to Some Disturbing Conclusions, 16 August 2018
• journalismnews: The state – and future – of US local newspapers (audio from the newsrewired event in London, UK, on 11 July 2018), 19 July 2018
• journalism.co.uk: Catch up on newsrewired, our 22nd digital journalism conference, 19 July 2018
• newsrewired.com: What newspapers in the UK can learn from US media, 12 July 2018
• Laorbatorio De Periodismo: Los periodistas locales alertan de que trabajan mucho para el digital pero que siguen el mismo ritmo en el papel “y así es difícil la calidad” (Published in Spanish: “Local journalists warn that they work hard for the digital but that they follow the same rhythm on paper “and that’s how difficult quality is””), 10 July 2018
• Newsrewired.com: Learn from US local media and understand the value of long reads at newsrewired on 11 July, 05 June 2018
• Global Investigative Journalism Network: Can Civil’s Blockchain Save Journalism?, 14 May 2018
• Semana: El valor de los contenidos periodísticos de calidad en internet (The value of quality journalistic content on the internet), 08 May 2018
• Columbia Journalism Review: One Alabama newspaper’s business model features a chair and cigar box, 01 May 2018
• Bangor Daily News: The free press’ quest for truth is more vital than ever, 18 March 2018

• Curbed: Local news is in trouble. Can new publications turn it around?, 14 March 2018

• WNYC, The Takeaway: Pulitzer-Winning Newspapers Face Turmoil, 01 February 2018
• European Journalism Observatory – EJO: Is ‘Engagement’ Anything More than a Media Buzzword?, (also in Italian, German) 31 January 2018
• Nonprofit Quarterly: Where Local Media Falters, Community-Based Nonprofit Models Step In, 12 January 2018
• The Ringer: The Fight for the Future of Local News, 10 January 2018
• Telegraph Herald: Gilligan: Community papers show resilience, 9 January 2018
• CNN’s Reliable Sources: Daily Newsletter, 6 December 2017
• MediaPowerMonitor: Damian Radcliffe on Journalism: Stop Talking About an Industry That Has One Foot in the Grave, (5 min YouTube video) 6 December 2017
• periodismo.com: 10 principios clave para el Periodismo de Datos (10 key principles for Data Journalism), 5 December 2017
• Ara.cat: Damian Radcliffe: “Els mitjans de proximitat tenen motius per a l’optimisme” (Reasons for optimism in local media, article in Catalan), 4 December 2017
• MediaShift podcast: #249: Meredith Buys Time with Koch Money; Damian Radcliffe on Local Media (from 23:44 for 20 mins), 1 December 2017
• Nieman Lab: What we’re reading, 29 November 2017
• Membership Puzzle Project: Must read literature on membership in news, 29 November 2017
• Portland Tribune: The state of the press: fewer reporters, bigger government, 28 November 2017
• BYUradio, The Matt Townsend Show: 20 minute interview on “Are we seeing a renaissance in local media?” 28 November 2017
• Núvol: El futur dels mitjans de proximitat: renovar-se o morir (The future means: renew or die,) 28 November 2017
• Cherokee County News-Advocate – Online: Study takes a broad look at the state of small-market newspapers in the digital age, 27 November 2017
• Street Fight: Smaller Newspapers Are Doing Just Fine, Thank You, New Report Finds, 27 November 2017
• Infoperiodistas.info: La 6ª Jornada Internacional de Medios de Proximidad reunió a más de 300 editores, 23 November 2017
• Comunicacio21: El futur dels mitjans locals: qualitat, diversificació i contacte amb l’audiència (The future of local media: quality, diversification and contact with the audience), 23 November 2017
• Queens Chronicle: O’Reilly talks local news at Columbia, 22 November 2017
• 20 Minutos: “El periodismo local importa más que nunca”, según los expertos reunidos este martes en La Pedrera, 21 November 2017
• Journalism Research News:  REPORT: Small-market newspapers in the digital age, 21 November 2017
• Comunicacio21: Dos models de premsa forana que poden aportar positivitat a la premsa local (Two foreign media models that can bring positiveness to the local press), 20 November 2017
• Shorenstein Center (Harvard): Media and Politics Must Reads, November 17, 2017, 17 November 2017
• Local Fix Newsletter (Democracy Fund): Shine Theory, Collaboration, Research Roundup, 17 November 2017
• The Rural Blog (Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based at the University of Kentucky): Study takes a broad look at the state of small-market newspapers in the digital age, 17 November 2017
• Mississippi Business Journal: TODD SMITH — Local newsrooms can still flourish, compete in digital age, 16 November 2017
• American Press Institute: Need to Know: Nov. 16, 2017, 16 November 2017
• Politico: Morning Briefing, 16 November 2017
• The Citizen and auburnpub.com:  Jeremy Boyer: The surprising story of many small newspapers, 16 November 2017
• Pew Research Center: Daily Briefing of Media News, 16 November 2017
• Benton Foundation: New research: Small-market newspapers in the digital age, 16 November 2017
• Editor & Publisher: New Research: Small-Market Newspapers in the Digital Age, 16 November 2017
• Poynter: Report: For local newspapers to survive, they need to stop telling everyone they’re dying, 15 November 2017
• Nieman Lab: “No cookie-cutter model”: How local news organizations are surviving today and preparing for the future, 15 November 2017
• Atlantic Media Strategies: Weekly Digital Trends newsletter, 10 November 2017
• CJR: The media today: 8 strategies for saving local newsrooms, 8 November 2017
• Poynter: In newsrooms, ‘we don’t have assembly lines anymore, and they’re not coming back,’ 8 November 2017
• American Press Institute: Need to Know: Nov. 7, 2017, 7 November 2017
• CJR: The media today: The Paradise Papers, global wealth, & journalistic collaboration, 7 November 2017
• Editor & Publisher: Eight Strategies for Saving Local Newsrooms (link and summary), 6 November 2017
• BBC Academy: Journalism in the digital era: New thinking about communities and business, 6 November 2017
• Benton Foundation: Daily Digest, 6 November 2017
• Nieman Lab: What we are reading, 6 November 2017
• Local Fix (newsletter) a project of the Democracy Fund’s Public Square Program:There is a Future for Local News, 03 November 2017
• Nieman Lab: New stats on local digital news, and other things you missed from the 2017 LION local news conference, 30 October 2017
• Crosscut: Don’t cry for Seattle Weekly. It’s not dead, 25 October 2017
• Media Voices (podcast): University of Oregon’s Damian Radcliffe on local journalism in the Pacific Northwest (from 18:08), 16 October 2017
• The Idea  (Atlantic Media’s weekly newsletter on everything new and innovative in the media industry.) “This Made Us Smarter” section highlights my Pacific NW journalism study, 10 October 2017 
• Journalism Research News: REPORT: Local journalism remains important, 03 October 2017
• Digital Content Next: Three lessons the Pacific Northwest can teach local media everywhere, 02 October 2017
• Nieman Lab: What we are reading, 02 October 2017
• Quinn Thomas: Breaking news: The news isn’t actually fake and people are willing to pay for it, 28 August 2017
• Quinn Thomas: Ever Evolving, Local News is Here to Stay, 08 August 2017
• Editor & Publisher: Business of News: Rooted in Their Communities, Local Newspapers are Still Optimistic, 16 June 2017
• Ryerson Journalism Research Centre: Research shows that local news reporters are working harder than ever – and they’re loving it, June 2017
• Ryerson Journalism Research Centre: Local News is forever changed, and that’s okay say researchers, June 2017  
• CQ Researcher: Trust in Media (paywall), June 9, 2017 • Volume 27, Issue 21
• Pew Research Center, Daily Briefing of Media News, 01 June 2017.
• Journalism Research News: REPORT: Local journalists are positive about the future for small-market newspapers, 30 May 2017
• HMA Public Relations: Small Market Newspapers – More Than You Think, 30 May 2017
• Ryerson Journalism Research Centre: Local News trends in the US and UK to be explored at June conference, 25 May 2017
• GXpress: Finding time for newspapers, May 2017
• Journalism Research News (Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland): Books of the week 20/2017 > highlights three research publications, including Life at small-market newspapers: A survey, written by Damian Radcliffe, Christopher Ali and Rosalind Donald.
• Nieman Lab: Local news doesn’t seem to be getting a Trump bump, 12 May
• North Carolina Press Association: Survey on working at small-market newspapers shows reason to be positive about local news, 12 May
• Poynter: Despite doing more with less, journalists at small newspapers are mostly optimistic, new survey finds, 11 May 2017
• GOBankingRates: How the Newspaper Industry Is Profitable Today, 21 April 2017
• Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN): University of Oregon students respond to their experiences at AAN Digital,27 March 2017
• Demystifying Media (University of Oregon) podcast: The Future of Local Newspapers with Special Guest Christopher Ali, March 2017
• University of Oregon, School of Journalism: Damian Radcliffe talks trust in media at AAN conference, 15 February 2017
• American Press Institute: Need to Know: December. 21, 2016 (highlights my article for TheMediaBriefing on The Dallas Morning News)
• KLCC: Will Tweets Trump Traditional Media? A Look At Journalism’s Future With The Donald, 21 November 2016
• Texas Press Association: Survey shines spotlight on the under-studied world of local journalism
• KLCC: Election Day Monitoring Sees Lockdowns, Outages, And Cultural Issues, 18 November 2016
• University of Oregon: Six ways the media influence elections, 08 November 16
• KLCC: Election Day Project Wants To Hear Voters’ Problems, Challenges, And Issues, 07 November 2016
• KLCC: National Voter Protection Initiative Launches Election Day, 07 November 16 (Also published by Northwest Public Radio)
• Centre for Community Journalism: Writing Human Interest Stories: A Guide, 20 October 2016.
• University of Oregon: Electionland: How J-students can help uncover voter fraud and intimidation on Election Day, 05 October 2016
• journalism.co.uk: Tip: Bookmark this advice for using data in local reporting,
  16 May 2016
• Platforma: Interview about Hyperlocal Media (NB: feature in Ukrainian), 19 February 2016 
• Monocle 24 radio interview for the program “The Globalist,” on the topic of local newspapers. The interview is at 29.45:http://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/1046/play/, 02 November 2015
• PrintWeek: Micro-publishers put local papers back in headlines, 16 June 2014
• Roy Greenslade in the Guardian provided a detailed summary – and feedback – on my thinkpiece about hyperlocal media and regulation, 15 August 2012
  
• Judge, Destination Local, a $0.8m fund for 10 innovation projects (next generation local media services) by NESTA, June 2012
• #jpod – Hyperlocal news: Struggles for sustainability online and successes in print, journalism.co.uk podcast, April 2012
• Interviewee, PhD thesis on “Community media policies in the US, UK and Canada” (Annenberg) 2010
• Steering Group member, for study into London’s Digital Neighbourhoods, 2010
• Advisor to Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) for C&binet Ministerial seminar on hyper-local news, October, 2009 (also participated)
• Sponsor and Host for three hyper-local unconferences (Stoke, Leeds, London) 2009-10

Research/Presentation slides

• Where are we now? UK hyperlocal and community media in 2015, September 2015
• “How can hyperlocal media create active and digitally inclusive communities?“ June 2015
• Hyperlocal Funding and Sustainability, 24 September 2014
• Reinventing Journalism: Trends, Innovations and Unanswered Questions, July 2014
• Hyperlocal 101: Part Three, 10 examples of news and storygathering techniques, May 2014
• Hyperlocal 101: Part Two, Production Models & Typology, August 2013
• Hyperlocal 101: Part One, 10 hyperlocal business models, July 2013
• Hyper-Local Insights, Nov-Dec 2011, 12 January, 2012
• The UK hyper-local year in review, 2011, 02 January, 2012
• UK and US Hyper Local Update: Sept-Oct 2011 – 20 key developments, 17 November, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, June – August 2011 , 5 September, 2011
• Hyper-Local definitions and trends, July 2011, 8 July, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, April – May 2011, 16 June, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, February – March 2011, 15 April, 2011
• 21st Century News, 01 April, 2011
• Hyper-Local update: 20 key developments, December 2010 – January 2011, 4 February, 2011
• Introduction to Hyper-Local media: full 12 inch version, 2 December, 2010