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A fascinating article (“News on your doorstep”) in the current (10 April) edition of The Tablet talks about the ways that “citizen journalism” – and so-called “hyperlocal” blogs in particular – can help boost the identity of a community. The article makes special mention of PARWICH.ORG throughout, with particular reference to Andy Larkin’s recent series of videos. There are also several quotes from the blog team’s Mike A, who was interviewed by the reporter a couple of weeks ago.

The reporter has placed a copy of his article online, which you can read here. (You’ll need to scroll down a bit, to just past the cartoon.)

For the benefit of anyone who has visited the site in order to find Andy’s videos, here they are again:

• A Tug of War.
• Andy spies on secret Sunday activities.
• An Invitation from Andy Larkin.