LOCHSIDE PRESS
Lochside Press (LP) was set up in 2012 by Julian Calvert, a former newspaper editor in England and Scotland.
LP has local news and events - anything which might affect people in the area.
At present the title is online only covering the Helensburgh and Lomond area in
Argyll and Bute, especially the Rosneath Peninsula which includes a population of around 25,821
The most successful story is the article in which the LP mapped the property owned by the MOD in the area but which lies unused. Some articles are behind a tiny paywall.
Julian said: “Local and hyperlocal news is especially important in rural areas, where decision-making is literally remote - our council is based 65 miles away, and decisions have increasingly been centralised. The council responds to media inquiries - but no longer sends us press releases, with a policy of communicating direct with the public via social media.”
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