Day: February 9, 2011

At NEN we have been really encouraged and heartened by the response of the local community to the proposed closure of their newspaper.

It really shows just how much NEN means to local people and the sense of ownership they feel for the local paper. It is great to see the community mount its own campaign to save NEN.

A Facebook campaign group has been initiated by local activist, Anna Hutchison – and has over 270 members already!

Anna is planning to make a deputation to the Council’s Budget meeting on Thursday on behalf of the local community.

Anna writes in the February edition of NEN:

“The NEN is part of our heritage.  Councils have taken enough out of our area. This must stop.  NEN has provided placements for journalism students at Telford College so it is more than just a newspaper but also a valuable training resource.  NEN belongs to our community and yet the community has not been consulted.  What happened to democracy? The staff at the NEN have tried their utmost to keep the paper going.  It is now time for the community to act and save our local paper.”

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http://twitter.com/#!/aoifemaria/status/33452584945729536

I  always thought Twitter was something for people with too much time on their hands. But Tom Allan has encouraged me into this online society and I must say it’s really useful and great way to make contacts.

It’s the quickest way to get your message out there and given that NEN is facing closure we really need to highlight our plight in an immediate and interactive way.  That instant impact is something extra we can now bring to local news – something which the monthly newspaper cannot achieve.

NEN has only had a Twitter presence for a couple of weeks and we’ve already achieved quite a following.  It’s really encouraging to know that there is a real support for the community newspaper.

http://twitter.com/#!/tomallan/status/34927852793102337

http://twitter.com/#!/danfrydman/status/28540831375826944

http://twitter.com/#!/lumpinthethroat/status/28083183652175873

http://twitter.com/#!/aoifemaria/status/33452584945729536

I  always thought Twitter was something for people with too much time on their hands. But Tom Allan has encouraged me into this online society and I must say it’s really useful and great way to make contacts.

It’s the quickest way to get your message out there and given that NEN is facing closure we really need to highlight our plight in an immediate and interactive way.  That instant impact is something extra we can now bring to local news – something which the monthly newspaper cannot achieve.

NEN has only had a Twitter presence for a couple of weeks and we’ve already achieved quite a following.  It’s really encouraging to know that there is a real support for the community newspaper.

http://twitter.com/#!/tomallan/status/34927852793102337

http://twitter.com/#!/danfrydman/status/28540831375826944

http://twitter.com/#!/lumpinthethroat/status/28083183652175873