Comments on: How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper? – help crowdsource the answer http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/09/07/how-much-local-council-coverage-is-there-in-your-local-newspaper-help-crowdsource-the-answer/ A conversation. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon O'Dea http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/09/07/how-much-local-council-coverage-is-there-in-your-local-newspaper-help-crowdsource-the-answer/#comment-11396 Sharon O'Dea Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:37:10 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=3375#comment-11396 I wrote my dissertation on this a couple of years ago and found some widely varying practices. So for instance in Camden, which has two local papers including one independent one, levels of coverage were high. In Kensington and Chelsea, however, there is virtually no local news; the Kensington Informer was merged with other titles and now covers the entirety of more than three boroughs - too many to cover in any meaningful way. Happy to share my findings and data if that's in any way helpful. I wrote my dissertation on this a couple of years ago and found some widely varying practices. So for instance in Camden, which has two local papers including one independent one, levels of coverage were high.

In Kensington and Chelsea, however, there is virtually no local news; the Kensington Informer was merged with other titles and now covers the entirety of more than three boroughs – too many to cover in any meaningful way.

Happy to share my findings and data if that’s in any way helpful.

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