Talking to local newspaper editiors.

In order to fully understand the task ahead as well as the conventions of local newspapers I decided to email local newspaper editors from The Essex Chronicle and Braintree and Witham times.

The questions I asked the editors were:

·         What type of storylines do you publish?

·         What is the process you go through in order to publish a story?

·         What are your most popular, successful storylines?

·         What are your circulation figures?

·         Why do you not have a website?

·         What is your typical target audience?

·         How hard would you say it would be to set up a local newspaper?

·         How much would you price a local newspaper?

·         Do you think the internet is an important role for the future of newspapers – do you think it will be the end of newspapers?