'Local Authority' proves paid-for local news can work in UK towns as well as big cities

'Local Authority' proves paid-for local news can work in UK towns as well as big cities

A Substack-based local news service covering the Medway towns in Kent is celebrating four years covering local news and politics in the area. Founders Ed Jennings and Steven Keevil told Press Gazette that Local Authority attracts around 45,000 monthly views, and has 4,000 newsletter subscribers (of which 500 pay around £6 a month for full access). Jennings said: “We are very embedded in our community. We are at every event. We’re at every meetin…