“We just wanted to help”: How Dublin Inquirer’s neighbourhood noticeboard connected locals during COVID-19
The subscription-funded publication supported people in Ireland’s capital by creating a local services directory and focusing their efforts on untold stories
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8 min readJun 12, 2020
This case study is part of Resilience Reports, a series from the European Journalism Centre about how news organisations across Europe are adjusting their daily operations and business strategies as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
In a nutshell
A neighbourhood noticeboard enabled over 100 volunteers to offer their services to less fortunate local people and coincided with an increase in new monthly subscribers during March and April.
What is Dublin Inquirer?
- Dublin Inquirer is a reader-supported local, independent newspaper aiming to provide quality coverage of Ireland’s capital city. It has a particular focus on local government, housing and homelessness, transport, jobs and working life and arts and culture…
