Since we launched the website in 2010, Port Talbot MagNet’s ground-breaking approach to local journalism has garnered us media attention in the UK and abroad, as well as netting us two awards – one from Multimedia Journalism and the other from the Media Trust.
Here’s what the media is saying about us:
The Sunday Times – From Port Talbot to Crouch End, the news must get through (16 September 2012) – see the pdf by clicking here
Port Talbot Magnet in the Sunday Times Business section, 16 September 2012
The Journalist
Freelance – Sponsored court reporter and other business models (February 2012)
Agenda – News aggregator hits Port Talbot (Spring 2012)
Press Gazette – Hyper local, hyper digital, but where’s the money? (November 2011)
Golwg – Cymuned yn cyd-weithio i greu eu newyddion eu hunain (11 October 2011)
ONLINE
The Guardian – The cost of sponsoring a court reporter (20 February 2012)
New Model Journalism – From cooperation to crowdfunding: the case of Port Talbot (January 18 2012)
Journalism.co.uk – How a hyperlocal is calling on the community for crowdfunding with Pitch-in! (2 November 2011)
Journalism.co.uk – Crowdfunding for journalism: is it working? (9 March 2012)
Journalism.co.uk -Hyperlocal news: Struggles for sustainability online and successes in print (20 April 2012)
Press Gazette – Welsh community website launches new funding model (12 October 2011)
Hold The Front Page – Hyperlocal site seeks funding for ‘hard news’ (25 October 2011)
Rachel Howells on BBC One’s The Politics Show Wales
PaidContent.org - For The Towns With No Newspaper, Online Upstarts Try Filling A Gap (12 October 2012)
Multimedia Journalism – The Port Talbot Magnet and the West Londoner win print runs from MMJ and Make My Newspaper (March 2012)
TELEVISION
June 2011 – BBC Wales, The Politics Show Wales
March 2011 – ITV Wales, Wales This Week, ‘Stop press: What happens to a community when it loses its local newspaper?’
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