David Harte Author & Editor

David Harte is an associate professor within the Birmingham Institute of Media and English at Birmingham City University. He is co-author of Hyperlocal Journalism, published by Routledge. He has published widely on community and hyperlocal media, as well as running his own hyperlocal news website in Birmingham since 2010.

Rachel Matthews is Associate Head of the School of Media and Performing Arts at Coventry University. A former journalist, her research focuses on the local newspaper - past, present and future. She is the author of A History of the Provincial Press in England published by Bloomsbury Academic.