What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Life is delighted to announce that we are one of forty-five independent community news outlets to sign up to the Google News Showcase in a deal brokered by the Independent Community News Network (ICNN). In a deal that is one-of-a-kind for independent publishers in the UK, ICNN has partnered
Have you read the April edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. You can find a full list of pick up points here:
I discovered at a meeting this week that the term ‘hyperlocal’ is on its way out. I think that’s a shame. I realise that most of you reading this didn’t even know that the term ‘hyperlocal’ was a thing, so I’d better explain. If I asked you what ‘local media’
Phone hacking is back in the news with the Daily and Sunday Mirror having to make big payouts to their victims. I think this case raises some big questions for journalism and the state of the press. Phone hacking at the Mirror was described as being on an industrial scale,
I spent two days in that London last week and I must say I was glad to get into the fresh air of a windswept Miggy Woods when I got back on Sunday. Why was I in the big smoke? I was attending two linked, but different conferences about the
South Leeds Life celebrated a year of progress, elected a new committee and heard how it was now an important part of the media ecosystem in Leeds. Richard Horsman from Leeds Trinity University spoke at the group’s annual general meeting (AGM) about the changing media scene. He contrasted the
Yesterday was the first day of the Community Correspondent course (flash term for reporter) so I decided that I’d write a little mini-blog that charts my progress. So after a two week delay in the course starting, I arrived at the South Leeds Community Radio building in Beeston. I
A few us from South Leeds Life went up to Middlesbrough last Saturday to something called the Talk About Local un-conference, or in the language of Twitter #TAL13. Let’s unpick that a bit. Talk About Local (TAL) is an excellent organisation that supports “hyperlocal” blogs to get established and
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Community Reporters Course run by South Leeds Life spending ten weeks learning skills in news story writing, opinion pieces and how to write the perfect headline. Held at the new South Leeds Community Radio headquarters we were quickly thrown in the
Would you like to learn some new skills? Write reports for this blog? Or publicity for your community group? Why not join the Community Reporters course? South Leeds Life is running another of its popular courses. The course will run on Wednesday mornings for ten weeks, starting on 9th