The British news media is experiencing significant changes as print readership and advertising revenue decline. Younger audiences are less engaged with traditional print media. In response, newspapers are developing online content and exploring new business models using paywalls. Local news coverage is threatened as local papers face financial difficulties. Several initiatives aim to replace declining local news coverage, such as the Press Association's local reporting pilot project and the Guardian's launch of local blogs in several cities. Overall, the future of journalism will likely be defined by new online and hyperlocal models of news delivery and new approaches to funding investigative reporting.

1. How news changes – the UK experience Professor George Brock Head of Journalism City University London 3D, Utrecht 30th October 2009

2. The British model Local and “national” papers High readership per head: 12th highest in world Sizeable advertising market for print and TV: £6.8bn and £4.4bn in 2008 Cross-media ownership limited Elephant in the room: the BBC

3. How did we get here? The crisis is about local papers and TV Threatened because of (classified) advertising demand fall Enders: 48% fall of print ad income 2007-13 Demand for print journalism not the issue …except among the young

4. Long-range shifts Rising affluence Security and peace TV culture + passivity Explosion of channels and info

5. Effects Perceived value of journalism is lower Journalism is less formal More accessible and flexible Less disciplined Local accountability isn’t working Online business models untested Habits change slowly

6. To summarise… Print will shrink Sustainable online business models are the key Paywall wars to come New grammar for storytelling Something valuable is being lost. It needs replacing. But because of the news media’s reputation, few people care.

7. UK: throwing spaghetti at the wall The forgotten element: news agency National player goes local hyperlocal investigative

9. Aimed at replacing dwindling local news coverage of meetings such as councils + courts

11. “There is a risk that the decline of local news could allow corruption in public institutions to grow” The Guardian

13. Hyperlocal blogs (2)

14. Hyperlocal blogs (3)

15. Associated Northcliffe Digital

16. Help me investigate – Paul Bradshaw

19. AudioBoo (sonic Twitter) Users to record audio clips up to three minutes long then share them online.

20. Manchester Evening News +Coveritlive Coverage of a far right demo in Central Manchester using Twitter aggregation service Coveritlive.

21. MEN, mp3 and YouTube Rudimentary video page of embedded YouTube clips.

22. Express and Star and Livestream The West Midlands paper uses Livestream to embed streaming.

23. Data mining and APIs

24. Issues to face State support? Shirky’s First Law: the future will be weird The importance of trust Does the bundle survive? Balancing fact and analysis Words vs sound & pictures Training in versatility needed Business training even more important Citizen journalism: curating becomes a job.

26. Tax reform to allow local news organisations to receive deductible donations

27. Public broadcasting to go local

28. Universities and colleges to become bases for local accountability reporting

30. George BrockProfessor and Head of JournalismCity University Londongeorge.brock.1@city.ac.uk@georgeprofwww.georgebrock.net www.editorsweblog.org www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade www.newsinnovation.com