The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said that “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” That may be true, but in the hyper-local arena, England — and indeed the U.K. — has much more in common with the U.S. than you may realize.
If you compare recent reports such as 2015’s "Where Are We Now?" — an analysis of U.K. hyper-local media — with the lesson learned from the Local News Lab, it’s striking just how common the language is. Many of the issues being faced are very similar. This includes the same existential questions about sustainability and how to create a robust and healthy tier of local journalism. However, differences do emerge when looking at potential solutions to help facilitate this journalistic reality.
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