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The BBC want you to report on Local news

Sort of… they are asking for photos of local news billboards to be uploaded to Flickr We are looking for photos of local newspaper billboards near you – those signs on street corners and outside newsagents which you probably walk past every day. What we’re after is a simple, portrait photo of any billboard that […]

Sort of… they are asking for photos of local news billboards to be uploaded to Flickr

We are looking for photos of local newspaper billboards near you – those signs on street corners and outside newsagents which you probably walk past every day.

What we’re after is a simple, portrait photo of any billboard that attracts your attention. We’d welcome as many photos as you like of billboards from different newspapers, but please focus on UK-based local newspapers only.

I suppose its a way to break into the hyper/ultra local news market without the regional press complaining (which I work for)

My admission was from the Trumpet of Truth the other day

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If there is any other news apart from birdflu then I may take some more.

By Andrew Wilcox

Andrew Wilcox is a freelance web developer and digital marketing consultant based in Penarth, Wales, with over 25 years of experience in the industry. He has worked on numerous large news websites and content management systems within the media sector, and now helps businesses of all sizes with web development, SEO and digital marketing. Andrew is also the founder of the nationally recognised Shed of the Year competition, now in its 20th year, which he grew from an online project into a television partnership.