Philip John
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Work in Progress, 9th Feb
Work in Progress News, thoughts and opinions about the world of local independent online media in the UK and beyond. Philip John Founder Next week is half term so you may not hear from me as if there’s one thing I consider sacred it’s time with the kids. In the meantime, I’d love to hear…
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Work in Progress, 8th Feb
Work in Progress News, thoughts and opinions about the world of local independent online media in the UK and beyond. Philip John Founder It would have been so much more enjoyable to have been writing a newsletter to you all yesterday, but I had to go for a good telling off from my dentist instead.…
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Work in Progress: 6th Feb
Work in Progress News, thoughts and opinions about the world of local independent online media in the UK and beyond. Philip John Founder After the glut of yesterday’s newsletter, I give you a delightfully short read today. The Morning Walk Podcast Most weekday mornings I try to go for a walk and listen to media…
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Work in Progress: 5th Feb
Work in Progress News, thoughts and opinions about the world of local independent online media in the UK and beyond. Philip John Founder I told you so! Yes, I skipped Friday and there’s no way I’m doing a 7-days-a-week newsletter but it’s Monday and I have things to share! Let’s get into it… The Morning…
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Work in Progress: 1st Feb
Work in Progress News, thoughts and opinions about the world of local independent online media in the UK and beyond. Philip John Founder Given this is only the second time I’ve sent out a newsletter you’ll be forgiven for wondering what the hell it is, so let me tell you. This is day one of…
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Reach back into your communities
If you’re a journalist who has seen your local journalism career upended or you’re worried about your job, we want to help! We passionately believe in local journalism and my personal story is over two decades of helping people publish on the web. Let’s plant the seeds of independent news in your community I’m concerned…
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Maybe print is the answer
Whatever the answer, it’s an exciting time to be an independent local media publisher.
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The ultimate (maybe) launch plan for WordPress sites
Many, many, many years ago whilst launching some WordPress sites I felt like I needed a better way of managing the numerous moving parts that come with launching a website. Combining that with my love of a fancy spreadsheet, I created a launch plan template that I’ve now used and refined on countless launches. Following…
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Would you listen to an independent news publishing podcast?
Having listened to a few journalism podcasts for a while I feel like hearing more about the smaller independent news publishers in the world. After failing to find any dedicated to the topic I’ve started outlining my own.
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Welcome to News Spring
Building on more than 2 decades as a web developer and 14 years as a news publisher, News Spring is Philip John’s new blog for independent media.