The Local Journo Thread

[Linden Jones' Tash]

The local media business model has been broken for years & no-one quite knows how to fund it properly...

The lack of scrutiny on elected officials by independent local media is a timebomb waiting to go off also...

The AI isation of the Internet with short AI summaries changing click-through behaviour is going to change, if not break, the model for media (& other businesses)...

Twitter (X) turning into a far right bin fire means HNA is now the only source of gossip (both ITK & not) for me - I'm curious as to whether this has had a positive financial impact on HNA as a platform?....

(As an aside, my mobile experience of HNA is way better than via laptop - where pop up ads slow me down at every click)

[Snowflake Royal]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

[Brogue]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

There are many ways to crack a nut. He’s doesn’t need to be a pcunt to be a decent journo.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

Yes you're right as they have to be more careful to maintain a club relationship but they add absolutely nothing. The Tilehurst End have just done a great piece with the new media guy, why the hell isn't Earnshaw doing things like that?

[Brogue]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

Yes you're right as they have to be more careful to maintain a club relationship but they add absolutely nothing. The Tilehurst End have just done a great piece with the new media guy, why the hell isn't Earnshaw doing things like that?

He published an article on the reading chronicle site yesterday saying Ejaria signed for Oviedo. Which I posted in the ex royals thread on the 21st July he’s only a month behind…

[Hendo]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

Yes you're right as they have to be more careful to maintain a club relationship but they add absolutely nothing. The Tilehurst End have just done a great piece with the new media guy, why the hell isn't Earnshaw doing things like that?

He published an article on the reading chronicle site yesterday saying Ejaria signed for Oviedo. Which I posted in the ex royals thread on the 21st July he’s only a month behind…

To be fair, he only officially signed on Wednesday - he was only on trial since July.

[Orion1871]

Yes you're right as they have to be more careful to maintain a club relationship but they add absolutely nothing. The Tilehurst End have just done a great piece with the new media guy, why the hell isn't Earnshaw doing things like that?

He published an article on the reading chronicle site yesterday saying Ejaria signed for Oviedo. Which I posted in the ex royals thread on the 21st July he’s only a month behind…

To be fair, he only officially signed on Wednesday - he was only on trial since July.

Which Earnshaw also reported on. At least Brogue is only two days behind Earnshaw on Ejaria permanently signing with Oviedo.

[Brogue]

He published an article on the reading chronicle site yesterday saying Ejaria signed for Oviedo. Which I posted in the ex royals thread on the 21st July he’s only a month behind…

To be fair, he only officially signed on Wednesday - he was only on trial since July.

Which Earnshaw also reported on. At least Brogue is only two days behind Earnshaw on Ejaria permanently signing with Oviedo.

I like how you’ve been following me around the board commenting on all my posts. It gives a warm fuzzy feeling that I’m triggering you,

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Journalists have to demonstrate some professional standards.

If Earnshaw acted like Brogue he'd be fired in seconds.

Yes you're right as they have to be more careful to maintain a club relationship but they add absolutely nothing. The Tilehurst End have just done a great piece with the new media guy, why the hell isn't Earnshaw doing things like that?

isn't that the major issue though - monetising a hobby vs. salaried employees working for a media organisation.

I didn't get the impression that the contributors to The Tilehurst End are pay employees with targets, P&L responsibilities etc (I may be wrong)

other than paid-for subscription models, I am somewhat clueless as to how digital media generates all it's revenues - but I believe generating clicks and traffic is important... however the user experience for free use of the Reading Chronicle website is so bad that it doesn't compel me to subscribe or pay for content...

feels like a catch 22

[Brogue]

Got a call with Tim Dellor this afternoon about the state of local journalism in the area.

[Sutekh]

Got a call with Tim Dellor this afternoon about the state of local journalism in the area.

Coincidence - or has he been reading HNA and decided to follow up?

Will your “interview” be on his 6pm show tonight?

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Got a call with Tim Dellor this afternoon about the state of local journalism in the area.

Coincidence - or has he been reading HNA and decided to follow up?

Will your “interview” be on his 6pm show tonight?

I reckon they all read this, and prob someone from the club does too. This site has a good range of fans with many years of following the team from around the country and there isn't as much of the reactionary stuff as there is on Twitter etc.

[Snowflake Royal]

Got a call with Tim Dellor this afternoon about the state of local journalism in the area.

Coincidence - or has he been reading HNA and decided to follow up?

Will your “interview” be on his 6pm show tonight?

I reckon they all read this, and prob someone from the club does too. This site has a good range of fans with many years of following the team from around the country and there isn't as much of the reactionary stuff as there is on Twitter etc.

I pity the bastards if they do.

[Sutekh]

Coincidence - or has he been reading HNA and decided to follow up?

Will your “interview” be on his 6pm show tonight?

I reckon they all read this, and prob someone from the club does too. This site has a good range of fans with many years of following the team from around the country and there isn't as much of the reactionary stuff as there is on Twitter etc.

I pity the bastards if they do.

BBC Berks certainly used to read this site, remember that chap, Ollie wasn’t it? Because of him we had the BBC Berks forum added but sadly he left the BBC shortly after and as you’d expect no-one at Berks took up the mantle to continue with things - at least not overtly anyway.

[RoyalBlue]

The local media business model has been broken for years & no-one quite knows how to fund it properly...

The lack of scrutiny on elected officials by independent local media is a timebomb waiting to go off also...

The AI isation of the Internet with short AI summaries changing click-through behaviour is going to change, if not break, the model for media (& other businesses)...

Twitter (X) turning into a far right bin fire means HNA is now the only source of gossip (both ITK & not) for me - I'm curious as to whether this has had a positive financial impact on HNA as a platform?....

(As an aside, my mobile experience of HNA is way better than via laptop - where pop up ads slow me down at every click)

Mine is completely the opposite. I've given up trying to view on my iPhone. In contrast, my virus protection suite on my PC and laptop kills off all pop ups.