Local journalism: why a tiny news operation could inspire a different approach and is attracting big name support

By Kate Heathman, Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Liverpool John Moores University

It started as a one-person operation, funded by personal savings and based in a bedroom, with a mission to provide a new format for local news in Manchester, and now The Mill is attracting £350,000 of funding from some big names in journalism including the former BBC director general Sir Mark Thompson.

The sums involved aren’t huge, but the significance for local journalism in the UK should not be underestimated. The Mill is expanding as local newspapers around the UK,

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