Development strategy references
Exeter Observer’s development strategy is informed by insights derived from a wide range of resources, which are being continuously updated.
A selection of materials which are available online are listed in reverse chronological publication order below.
How do we ensure digital competition legislation can support independent publishers?, Hani Barghouthi, Public Interest News Foundation, June 2023.
Why easier pathway to charity status could help boost UK local journalism income, George Brock, Press Gazette, May 2023.
Can we still handle the truth? Journalism, alternative facts and the rise of AI, Lenore Taylor, The Guardian, May 2023.
Sustainability of local journalism - Government response, House of Commons Department of Culture, Media and Sport Committee, May 2023.
Community Health Reporters – a new role for local journalism?, Joe Mitchell, Public Interest News Foundation, May 2023.
‘Like Icarus - now everyone is burnt’: how Vice and BuzzFeed fell to earth, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, April 2023.
On press freedom, sustainability and international cooperation, Jonathan Heawood, Public Interest News Foundation, May 2023.
World Press Freedom Index 2023, Reporters Without Borders, May 2023.
AI journalism is getting harder to tell from the old-fashioned, human-generated kind, Ian Tucker, The Observer, April 2023.
What happened at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia?, Joe Mitchell and Jonathan Heawood, Public Interest News Foundation, April 2023.
BuzzFeed News to close and parent company to make substantial layoffs, Jim Waterson & Maya Yang, The Guardian, April 2023.
Ping! launch, Matt Abbott, Independent Community News Network, April 2023.
A few scoops down at the local: the rise and fall of a community paper, Tim Adams, The Guardian, April 2023.
UK has internationally low confidence in political institutions, police and press, Kings College, London, March 2023.
Local journalism made me what I am today. Without it, we’ll all be the poorer, John Humphrys, The Guardian, March 2023.
UK to abolish law requiring press to pay legal costs when sued, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, March 2023.
On trust, audiences and digital tech: thoughts from the Society of Editors annual conference, Jonathan Heawood, Public Interest News Foundation, March 2023.
The model is broken: UK’s regional newspapers fight for survival in a digital world, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, March 2023.
Coming up next in the indie news world, Joe Mitchell, Public Interest News Foundation, March 2023.
Mirror and Express publisher warns that up to 420 staff are at risk of redundancy, Joanna Partridge, The Guardian, March 2023.
Can a UK news media bargaining code serve independent publishers?, Public Interest News Foundation, March 2023.
Mirror and Express owner publishes first articles written using AI, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, March 2023.
Daily Mail announces redundancy plans as print readership declines, The Guardian, March 2023.
ABCs: Regional dailies see average print decline of 19% (but online looking brighter), Press Gazette, March 2023.
IMA responds to Online Safety Bill, Independent Media Association, February 2023.
Newspapers’ demands for “reform” of police and media relations will lead to less transparency, more corruption & intrusion, Nathan Sparkes, Hacked Off, February 2023.
On a distributed support network for news providers: notes, Public Interest News Foundation, February 2023.
The Co-Creational Model for the News Media, Jonathan Heawood and Fabienne Peter, February 2023
Daily Mirror publisher explores using ChatGPT to help write local news, Financial Times, February 2023.
On news and communities: notes, Public Interest News Foundation, February 2023.
The Inquiry into local journalism sustainability failed to answer its main question, Behind Local News, February 2023.
Growing community-led investigations: the Bureau’s new pilot project, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, February 2023.
Information delayed is information denied, John Edwards, Local Government Chronicle, February 2023.
Publication schemes: a snapshot of compliance, Information Commissioner’s Office, February 2023.
Radio Exe’s audience rises 35 per cent, Radio Exe, February 2023.
£2.2m fund launched to support community businesses across the UK, Co-op News, January 2023.
What do people want from local news?, Public Interest News Foundation, January 2023.
Build and communicate evidence of impact: notes, Public Interest News Foundation, January 2023.
The Bristol Cable wins grant funding for community tech, Bristol Cable, January 2023.
Bristol Cable granted £40k from Power to Change to expand community tech, Co-op News, January 2023.
Who owns UK local news media? Print and digital consolidation charted, Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, January 2023.
UK plunges to lowest-ever position in Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International UK, January 2023.
PINF welcomes parliamentary report on sustainability of local news, Public Interest News Foundation, January 2023.
Sustainability of local journalism, House of Commons Department of Culture, Media and Sport Committee, January 2023.
More support needed to halt damaging decline of local journalism, DCMS Committee warns, House of Commons Department of Culture, Media and Sport Committee, January 2023.
A PR campaign for independent news: notes, Public Interest News Foundation, January 2023.
Ten Years of Press Freedom, Hacked Off, January 2023.
Reach to make 200 redundancies as business hit by double whammy, Press Gazette, January 2023.
Mirror and Express publisher Reach to axe 200 roles in £30m cost-cutting drive, The Guardian, January 2023.
2022 Q4 trading update, Reach, January 2023.
Defining new models of journalism: notes, Public Interest News Foundation, January 2023.
Where else might we find evidence of impact of local journalism?, Public Interest News Foundation, December 2022.
Should news organisations be charities? Only with caution, Debs Grayson, Media Reform Coalition, December 2022.
Freefall: how a year of chaos has undermined trust in politics, Institute for Public Policy Research, November 2022.
Review of the impartiality of BBC coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt, Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot, November 2022.
Can local journalism boost local democratic engagement? The full report from the PINF Impact Fund, Public Interest News Foundation, November 2022.
On news and communities, Public Interest News Foundation, November 2022.
A support network for news providers, Public Interest News Foundation, November 2022.
Build and communicate evidence of impact, Public Interest News Foundation, November 2022.
Political disengagement in the UK: who is disengaged?, House of Commons Library, November 2022.
Research reveals low levels of public news literacy, IMPRESS, November 2022.
Trust me, I’m a journalist: New survey shows growing faith in profession, Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, November 2022.
1 in 10 have made an Freedom of Information request, Alex Parsons, MySociety, November 2022.
Where public interest and public benefit meet: the application of charity law to journalism, Steven Barnett, Tom Murdoch & Judith Townend, Journal of Media Law, November 2022.
What happened at the Independent News Forum – and what happens next?, Public Interest News Foundation, November 2022.
National World plots takeover of Mirror and Express owner Reach, Mark Sweeney, The Guardian, November 2022.
Pulp friction: Why paper has become a huge headache for news publishers, Bron Maher, Press Gazette, October 2022.
How Bristol became a local news oasis, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, September 2022.
Mirror owner’s profits fall by nearly a third as newsprint costs soar, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, July 2022.
PINF Impact Fund: Initial findings suggest local journalism boosts local democratic engagement, Public Interest News Foundation, July 2022.
Gloucestershire publisher hopes to ‘revolutionise’ regional media with membership model, Alfie Davis, Press Gazette, July 2022.
Evening Standard posts £14m loss in 2021 in fifth consecutive year without profit, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, July 2022.
Culture Secretary decides not to intervene in Newsquest takeover of Archant, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, July 2022.
The Ferret receives grant to develop and support solutions-focused journalism in Scotland, The Ferret, July 2022.
The Bristol Cable wins funding for “The Future of Cities” solutions series, The Bristol Cable, July 2022.
Four local publishers win funding to pioneer solutions journalism, Behind Local News, July 2022.
The first ten grantees of the Solutions Journalism Accelerator programme, Zlatina Siderova, European Journalism Centre, July 2022.
Public Interest Journalism Funding And Labour Issues, Media Reform Coalition, June 2022.
Local News Deserts in the UK, Charitable Journalism Project, June 2022.
Digital News Report 2022, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford, June 2022.
The PINF Index of Independent News Publishing in the UK, 2022, Public Interest News Foundation, June 2022.
Newsquest boosts profits to £45.2m and cuts 331 jobs in 2021, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, June 2022.
Telegraph Media Group digital subscriptions up 28% year on year, TMG, May 2022.
Sustainability of local journalism enquiry, House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, 2022.
Reach shifts 150 local reporters to national coverage amid revenue dip, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, May 2022.
Archant CEO and editor-in-chief among senior departures following Newsquest takeover, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, April 2022.
Most website traffic is non-local for biggest UK regional news brands, - _[Devon Live bottom of table at 10% of claimed 2m monthly page views] Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, April 2022.
Will the news boom prevent more media outlets going bust?, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, April 2022.
Newsquest says Archant titles will have ‘much more secure future’ after sale, but staff fear cuts, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, March 2022.
Rival accuses Newsquest and Reach of treating journalists like ‘battery hens’ with page view targets, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, March 2022.
Newsquest buys rival regional publisher Archant, Bron Maher, Press Gazette, March 2022.
Archant asks magazine subscribers to ditch print in favour of ‘eco’ digital subscription, Andrew Kersley, Press Gazette, March 2022.
IPSO v Impress: Ten years after Leveson, how are the press ‘watchmen’ faring?, Bron Maher, Press Gazette, March 2022.
Value of Mirror publisher Reach plunges 25% after it warns of profit squeeze, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, March 2022.
Reach hits 10m registered users target ten months early as profit grows by 9%, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, March 2022.
ABCs: Regional daily newspapers see average print circulations decline 10% year-on-year, Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, February 2022.
New inquiry to examine future of local news industry, David Sharman, Hold the Front Page, February 2022.
Manifesto for a People’s Media, Jonathan Heawood, Public Interest News Foundation, February 2022.
New publisher buys independent title as plans for more launches revealed, David Sharman, Hold the Front Page, Februry 2022.
Newspaper group Archant up for sale 18 months after private equity buyout, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, January 2022.
2022 Trust Barometer, Edelman, 2022.
The future’s bright: 22 news industry leaders share their tips for success in 2022, Charlotte Tobitt and William Turvill, Press Gazette, December 2021.
Survey shows people more likely to trust local news produced on patch - and willing to pay average of £1.30 per month, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, December 2021.
Manchester Mill celebrates first year and 1,000 members with print run, Bron Maher, Press Gazette, December 2021.
Archant to close two-thirds of offices after ‘very low’ numbers of staff return, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, December 2021.
Media Influence Matrix UK, Leo Watkins, Media Reform Coalition, November 2021.
BBC award for Radio Exe journalist, Paul Nero, Radio Exe, November 2021.
BBC Director General Opens Inspiring New Exeter College Studio, Exeter College, November 2021.
Public notices ‘saved’ in boost for local news organisations, Behind Local News, October 2021.
The Standard in crisis: read all about it, but for how much longer?, Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, October 2021.
Radio Exe has biggest quarterly audience, Radio Exe, October 2021.
Clydesider: More than a Magazine, Social impact report 2018-21, Clydesider, September 2021.
Research: When local newspapers close, corporate corruption goes up, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, September 2021.
Archant sells three South West titles to new company led by ex-boss Simon Bax, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, August 2021.
Mapped: The UK’s 400 independent local news titles + Lincolnite and Bristol Cable on secrets to success, Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, August 2021.
Online national newsbrands and consumer mags expected to recoup 2020 ad spend losses this year, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, July 2021.
Reach says it will employ more journalists than at any point in last decade by end of 2021, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, July 2021.
Survey shows broken link between reach and revenue as 56 independent publishers reach 10m but earn just £5.4m combined, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, July 2021.
PINF Index of Independent News Publishing in the UK 2021, Public Interest News Foundation, July 2021.
Publishers’ reliance on Google and Facebook is a problem for media independence, Andreas Vou, European Data Journalism Network, June 2021.
Substack invests in ‘thoughtful and nuanced’ local news in Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, June 2021.
People who falsely believe they are able to identify false news are more likely to fall victim to it, study shows, University of Exeter, June 2021.
West Leeds Dispatch wins £112,000 Lottery award, Matt Abbott, ICNN, May 2021.
Digital advertising revenue overtakes print at Reach, company reveals, Behind Local News, May 2021.
Charted: UK media ad revenue collapsed in 2020 for everyone except the tech platforms, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, April 2021.
Traffic to UK local news websites surged in 2020 - but digital revenue plummeted, Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, April 2021.
Reforming Freedom of Information, Rebecca Rumbul and Alex Parsons, mySociety, April 2021.
Local Demoracy Reporting Service suppliers from July 2021, BBC, April 2021.
New Local Democracy Reporter contract holders confirmed by BBC, Behind Local News, April 2021.
How the new local democracy reporter contracts have been divided, David Sharman, Hold the Front Page, April 2021.
Radio Exe wins BBC news contract, Radio Exe, April 2021.
The Guardian view on the need for news: local facts are sacred too, Editorial, The Guardian, April 2021.
Reach to have local news title covering every county in England and Wales by end of 2021, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, April 2021.
BBC to create network of 100 journalists in local digital reporting expansion, David Sharman, Hold the Front Page, March 2021.
The BBC Across the UK, BBC, March 2021.
BBC publishes blueprint for the biggest transformation in decades, BBC Media Centre, March 2021.
Reach closes most of its newsrooms as Mail Online staff return to office this month, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, March 2021.
Mirror owner to tell most journalists to permanently work from home, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, March 2021.
Daily Telegraph plans to link journalists’ pay with article popularity, Archie Bland, The Guardian, March 2021.
After the pandemic, what does local journalism do next?, Behind Local News, March 2021.
What is journalism for? The short answer: truth, Clive Myrie, The Guardian, March 2021.
Reach full-year results: ‘Encouraging’ digital revenue boost, hacking costs exceed £100m, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, March 2021.
The Guardian, ITN and Economist among news brands taking govt furlough cash in December, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, March 2021.
Who Is Accountable For Kemi Badenoch’s Public Attack On Our Journalist?, Jess Brammar, HuffPost, February 2021.
ABCs: UK local newspaper sales hard-hit by pandemic with daily market down 27%, Charlotte Tobitt and Aisha Majid, Press Gazette, February 2021.
Freedom of information is a right, but the government is intent on suppressing it, Mary Fitzgerald, The Guardian, February 2021.
Society joins call to investigate FoI ‘clearing house’, Ian Murray, Society of Editors, February 2021.
Prince Harry says social media misinformation is threat to democracies, Nadeem Badshah, The Guardian, January 2021.
Politicians and media getting more hostile towards charities, poll finds, Patrick Butler and Haroon Siddique, The Guarduan, January 2021.
David Montgomery outlines plan to ‘decentralise’ JPI Media and shun ‘irrelevant or clickbait stories’, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, January 2021.
How the new local democracy reporter contracts will be divided, David Sharman, Hold the Front page, December 2020.
Owner of Scotsman and Yorkshire Post newspapers bought for £10m, Severin Carrell & Mark Sweney, The Guardian, December 2020.
Monty’s back: JPI Media sold to David Montgomery’s National World Plc for £10.2m, Dominic Ponsford, Press Gazette, December 2020.
The Guardian reaches 1m subscribers and regular contributors, Archie Bland, The Guardian, December 2020.
Trust in News: First Report, Reuters Institute, December 2020.
UK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to block release of ‘sensitive’ information, Peter Geoghegan, Jenny Corderoy & Lucas Amin, Open Democracy, November 2020.
Lords report calls for tech platforms to pay for news and an industry-wide diversity charter, Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ, November 2020.
Breaking News? The Future of UK Journalism, House of Lords Communications & Digital committee, November 2020.
Newsquest reports 88% pre-tax profit drop to £13.4m for 2019, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, November 2020.
ICO investigation into use of personal information and political influence, Letter to Julian Knight MP, Chair of Digital, Culture and Media and Sport Select Committee, ICO, October 2020.
Understanding a Maturing Community Shares Market Report 2020, Co-ops UK, October 2020.
UK gov report links local newspaper circulation and voter turnout: Absence of journalism in some areas potentially ‘catastrophic’, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, October 2020.
Public Interest News Foundation says it has ‘set model’ for what charitable journalism could look like, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, September 2020.
Charity registration decision: Public Interest News Foundation, Charity Commission, September 2020.
Publish less, but publish better: pivoting to paid in local news, Joy Jenkins, Reuters Institute, September 2020.
Print vs Digital, David Floyd, Social Spider, September 2020.
Archant bought by private equity: Shareholders wiped out, government set to take over pension fund, Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, August 2020.
Mirror and Express owner Reach to cut 550 jobs, Joanna Partridge, The Guardian, July 2020.
Facebook is out of control. If it were a country it would be North Korea, Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian, July 2020.
The Social Value of Local Journalism, Tabitha Stapely, Social Streets, July 2020.
Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust, House of Lords Democracy & Digital Technologies committee, June 2020.
News Consumer Insights 2.0, Google News Initiative, June 2020.
Digital News report 2020, Reuters Institute, June 2020.
What is local news for (now)?, David Floyd, Social Spider, June 2020.
A Report on Underrepresented Communities and Local News, Bureau Local, June 2020.
Broken (local) news, David Floyd, Social Spider, May 2020.
Reach creates five new journalist jobs as it expands Cornwall and Devon news websites, Charlotte Tobitt, Press Gazette, February 2020.
Town of the Year push falls flat after failure to realise site is a city, Rajeev Syal, The Guardian, January 2020.
Read all about it: when can journalism be charitable?, Aarti Thakor, Charity Commission, January 2020.
Independent Community News Network annual report, Centre for Community Journalism, 2020.
The Resurgence and Importance of Email Newsletters, Nic Newman, Reuters Institute, 2020.
A Roadmap to Creating a Local News Collaboration, Bureau Local, 2020.
A Manifesto for a People’s Newsroom, Bureau Local, 2020.
The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we have, Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian, December 2019.
What we learned about the media this election, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, December 2019.
We can’t fight fake news without saving local journalism, Emily Bell, The Guardian, December 2019.
Thousands of misleading Conservative ads side-step scrutiny thanks to Facebook policy, Carlotta Dotto, First Draft, December 2019.
General election 2019: Row over Boris Johnson debate ‘empty chair’, BBC News, November 2019.
Mirror barred from Boris Johnson campaign battle bus, Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, November 2019.
Lib Dems lambasted over fake newspapers campaign material, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, November 2019.
Twitter accuses Tories of misleading public with ‘factcheck’ foray, Frances Perraudin, The Guardian, November 2019.
Undermining journalism has never been more popular amongst politicians. We should be very worried, David Higgerson, Behind Local News, November 2019.
Supporting Public Interest News: A Blueprint, IMPRESS, November 2019.
Paywalls, micropayments and donations: How regional press giants are trying to make news pay, Freddy Mayhew, Prezz Gazette, October 2019.
Engaged journalism playbook, Krautreporter, October 2019.
Stronger journalism through shared power, European Journalism Centre Engaged Journalism Accelerator, July 2019.
Read all about it? How local papers’ decline is starving communities of news, Jim Waterson, The Guardian, May 2019.
Case Studies in Collaborative Local Journalism, Joy Jenkins and Lucas Graves, Reuters Institute, April 2019.
What media can learn from other member-driven movements, Emily Goligoski, Membership Puzzle Project, New York University, April 2019.
What would journalism look like if it was generated from within communities?, European Journalism Centre Engaged Journalism Accelerator, March 2019.
Former City banker wants to ‘reinvent’ local news with ‘low-cost’ platform and is looking to hire journalists, Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, March 2019.
Hyperlocal network aims to recruit 200 journalists to tackle towns’ “identity crisis”, David Sharman, Hold The Front Page, March 2019.
Disinformation and “fake news”, House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, February 2019.
The Cairncross Review: a sustainable future for journalism, Dame Frances Cairncross, February 2019.
Submission to The Cairncross Review into the current and future market environment facing the press and high quality journalism in the UK, Gordon Ramsey and Martin Moore, Kings College London, February 2019.
Engaged journalism: practices for building trust, generating revenue, and fostering civic engagement, Impact Architects, January 2019.
Western Europe and EU: stagnating anti-corruption efforts and weakening democratic institutions, Transparency International, January 2019.
Independent Community News Network annual report, Centre for Community Journalism, 2019.
Audit of Political Engagement #16, Hansard Society, 2019.
2019 Trust Barometer, Edelman, 2019.
Let’s talk about sustainability: the Bureau Local’s approach to business development, European Journalism Centre Engaged Journalism Accelerator, 2019.
Building the Bureau Local: a user guide, Bureau Local, 2019.
Facebook pledges £4.5m to fund 80 new UK community journalists in global first for social network, Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, November 2018.
One in Four Europeans Vote Populist, Paul Lewis, Seán Clarke, Caelainn Barr, Josh Holder and Niko Kommenda, The Guardian, November 2018.
Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now, Alan Rusbridger, Canongate, September 2018.
Hyperlocal Journalism: The decline of local newspapers and the rise of online community news, David Harte, Rachel Howells and Andy Williams, Routledge, July 2018.
Guide to audience revenue and engagement, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism School, February 2018.
The UK’s Changing Democracy: The 2018 Democratic Audit, Patrick Dunleavy, Alice Park, Ros Taylor, London School of Economics, 2018.
Greed of major publishers partly to blame for hollowing out of UK local news media industry, Parliament told, Freddy Mayhew, Press Gazette, March 2017.
Membership in News Literature Review, Jacob Nelson, Membership Puzzle Project, New York University, 2017.
Journalism for democracy and communities: a new framework, Journalism That Matters, 2017.
Mapping Changes in Local News 2015-2017: More Bad News For Democracy?, Gordon Ramsay, Des Freedman, Dan Jackson and Einar Thorsen, Bournemouth University, 2017.
Hyperlocal revenues in the UK and Europe: the road to sustainability, Clare Cook, Kathryn Geels & Piet Bakker, Nesta, July 2016.
Monopolising Local News - Is there an emerging local democratic deficit in the UK due to the decline of local newspapers?, Gordon Ramsey and Martin Moore, Kings College London, May 2016.
Local Journalism and the Information Needs of Local Communities, Philip Napoli, Sarah Stonbely, Kathleen McCollough & Bryce Renninger, Journalism Practice, 11:4, 373-395, February 2016.
The Cost of One-Party Councils, Mihály Fazekas, Electoral Reform Society, October 2015.
The Value of UK hyperlocal Community News, Andy Williams, Dave Harte and Jerome Turner, Digital Journalism, 3:5, 680-703, 2015.
The Cost of One-Party Councils, Mihály Fazekas, Electoral Reform Society, 2015.
Addressing the Democratic Deficit in Local News through Positive Plurality, Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust, October 2014.
The Changing Role of the Local News Media in Enabling Citizens to Engage in Local Democracies, Julie Firmstone & Stephen Coleman, Journalism Practice, 8:5, 596-606, 2014.
The Future’s Bright, The Future’s Local - Findings From The Carnegie UK Trust’s Neighbourhood News Initiative, Carnegie Trust, 2014.
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