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Tell us what you think of Blog Preston

Blog Preston has been running for over a year now. We’ve done over 300 posts, from various different people, been read by people the world over and we’ve featured loads of different stuff about the city. But are we on the right track? We’d like you to help us shape the future of the site.

1168 days ago by

Preston Tweetup II – how do we support the arts in Preston?

We’re pleased to announce that the second Preston Tweetup has been confirmed. We’ll be back at the New Continental and this time we’re part of the Preston Tringe Festival that’s taking place in late July, showcasing theatre, music, comedy and much more across the city.

1467 days ago by

Preston Blog on BBC Radio Lancashire

Ed Walker, founder of Preston Blog, was on BBC Radio Lancashire today with John Gillmore talking about the blog, how it started and also about the Preston Bloggers Meetup. Thanks to BBC Radio Lancashire for the opportunity, and I hope people enjoyed the interview. Apparently John (Gilly) might be setting up a twitter account, so we’ll keep you posted.

1499 days ago by

BBC London mentions Preston Blog

There’s an article on the BBC London site called ‘Me and My Blog‘ about blogging and particularly hyper-local blogging and it mentions Preston Blog.

1504 days ago by

The first three months of Preston Blog

Preston Blog has now been running for just over three months. I thought I’d take a moment to take stock and reflect on my personal blog about how I set up a community journalism blog for where I live. I also thought our readers might be interested to see a ‘Preston Blog in numbers’ and get behind the content and see some of the figures.

1514 days ago by

Preston Blog takes on music, film and entertainments correspondent

Preston Blog is branching out a little bit and as the site has been growing in popularity over the last few weeks I’ve decided to hire an eager journalism student from UCLan as the Preston Blog music, film and entertainments correspondent. Kirsty Higginson will be starting as of Friday and covering the beat.

1595 days ago by

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