Hyperlocal News And Media Accountability

Figures & data

Figure 1 Four categories of hyperlocal entrepreneurs

Table 1 Participants of the study

HL	Est.	Located in ^1	Form of enterprise	Org.	Sales in 2016	Update freq. ^2	Unique online visitors ^3	EPS mem-ber ^4	Category
1	2009	B5. Commuting municipality with low commuting rate near medium-sized town	Swedish credit union co-operative society	Home-based: 5 partners + volunteers	<200	Medium	<2,000/day	No	A
2	2008	A2. Commuting municipality near large city + C7. Commuting municipality near small town	Private company	Home-based: single person operation	<300	High	6,000/day	No	C
3	2014	A1. Large city (district)	Limited company	Newsroom: owner +1 employee + freelancers	<500	Medium	15,000/week	2015	D
4	2009	C8. Rural municipality (area)	Private company	Home-based: single person operation	<10	Very low	3,000/month	No	A
5	2014	B4. Commuting municipality near medium-sized town	Limited company	Home-based: 4 partners + shareholders	<20	Very low	1,000 views/day	2017	B
6	2008	A2. Commuting municipality near large city	Limited company	Home-based: 2 partners +3 freelancers	<1,000	Medium	20,000/week	No	D
7	2015	C6. Small town	Private company	Home-based: owner + citizen journalists	<200	Low	1,100/day	2016	D
8	2014	A1. Large city	Nonprofit association	Home-based: board with 10 members, list of 21 co-workers	<10	Low	<1,500/week	2017*	B
9	2014	C7. Commuting municipalities near small town	Limited company	Office: 2 partners +1 employed journalist	<1,000	Medium	4,000/week	No	C
10	2015	C8. Rural municipality	Limited company	Home-based: 3 partners	<1,000	High	24,000/week	2017*	D
11	2004	A2. Commuting municipality near large city	Limited company	Home-based: single person operation	<200	Medium	<3,000/day	2017*	A
12	2001	C9. Rural municipality with a visitor industry	Limited company	Office: 2 partners + freelance journalist	<1,000	Medium	10,000/week	No	C
13	2012	B3. Medium-sized town	Limited company	Office: 3 partners +4 employees	<5,000	High	55,000/week	2016	D

¹For more information on geographic classifications in Sweden, see SKL (2017).

²Time span 20 updates: high frequency <3 days, medium frequency <11 days, low <30 days, and very low >30 days.

³Note: the figures are not comparable.

⁴2017* are participants who joined the Ethical Press System after the interview for this study.

SKL ( Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions ) . 2017 . “Classification of Swedish Municipalities 2017.” Accessed September 5, 2018. https://skl.se/download/18.6b78741215a632d39cbcc85/.

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