Jane McDonnell, executive director of the Online News Association, said the hyperlocal movement places emphasis on community news that's written by volunteers who usually are entrenched in their neighborhoods.
Twitter has ruffled a few feathers recently, so when CEO Dick Costolo took the stage at the Online News Association conference in San Francisco, he took the opportunity to put some minds at rest.
His online story and documentary on Mauritania, the last country to abolish slavery, won the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists, as well as numerous other honors, including those from the Foreign Press Association, the Online News Association and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
Mike Stone, chairman of the Patients' Association, told BBC News Online that communication had to improve.
Paul Smith, executive director of the Spinal Injuries Association, told BBC News Online, welcomed the research, but warned that many developments simply led to unfairly raised expectations.
John Wilkinson, chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors' Association, told BBC News Online that the reason cinema operators were lobbying councils was so they were not harangued by angry parents of children who wanted to see it.
"The central problem lies in the twin role of the FSA - it is supposed to look after the consumer and prevent damage to the UK financial sector, " Louise Hanson, Consumers' Association spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
The secretary general of the national council for traditional healers and herbalists association (Nacotha), Karim Msasizi, told BBC News Online they had already sent their proposal to the government.
"Without the full co-operation of the banking sector, the government's big idea is impractical, " Stuart Cliffe director of the National Association of Bank and Insurance Customers (NABIC) told BBC News Online.
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