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    The Hyperlocal Bible: Standing in front of old newspapers…

    HE heritage page is really important. Heritage can mean anything from having a working knowledge of your patches history to now and again dipping into the archive of past newspapers.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: Staying close to heritage

    OUR film is framed behind a backdrop of local newspapers that go back decades. The papers are housed in a museum. We think you should stay close to both.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: Sometimes getting reports can leave you out in the cold…

    IN case you think that once you start your newspaper, that the reports will fall at your feet, think again.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: Taking the flak

    NOT all your stories are going to be popular. Not your fault. But be prepared to have to take it on the chine. Or, take action. It is up to you....

    The Hyperlocal Bible: Walking The Beat

    SOMETIMES, go for a walk and see what you can find.....

    The Hyperlocal Bible: Filming on private land

    IT IS not always obvious. Naturally, you would not just walk into someone's house but you could be where this is being filmed, The Water Gardens in Harlow and be admonished for filming on private land.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: The Football Manager

    IT can be a tricky area. The interview with the football manager. You hope to build up relationships with everyone but the one with...

    The Hyperlocal Bible: The Book Club

    LOCAL authors are a rich quarry of information and stories. We spoke to Harlow author, Ram Gulrajani about how he gets the word out there and the help he gets from the press.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: IT

    THERE are some people who run on-line newspapers who are IT proficient. Not this reporter. So always be on the look out for handy pieces of advice. It is not in my comfort zone so be on the look out.

    The Hyperlocal Bible: A second opinion…

    IT can be a solitary experience, running an on-line newspaper on your own. So it is important that you take the opportunity to grab...

    The Hyperlocal Bible: The Taxman Cometh

    IT was a cold Monday morning and the first job of the day was a meeting with the accountant. It is January and it is tax return time. We thought we would reflect on this period of the year and whether an on-line newspaper should be a sole trader, limited company or some other entity.

    Hyperlocal Bible: Traffic and Travel

    TRAFFIC AND travel in the south east. Snowflake spotted!? If you run your own on-line newspaper, then how should you approach reporting the weather, traffic, travel.

    Hyperlocal Bible: Council Meetings: Cabinet

    WHY would you need to go to a council meeting? You get the agenda, you get the minutes. Job done?

    The Hyperlocal Bible: The Music Scene

    WE ran a little piece about the music scene from the comfort of our office but here we are at the Essex Skipper pub where we were catching up on an act (Paul Howard and Jo Clack).

    Hyperlocal Bible: The parkrun

    IT is good, where you can, to immerse yourself in the community within which you work. You don't have to wear a press hat but people soon get to know and appreciate your role.

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