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Clarion readers write…

Clarion readers write…

Last week we put out our first ever readers’ survey. We wanted to know what you thought of the Clarion and how to make it better. An astonishing 12.5% of subscribers filled it in. Thank you, everyone, for taking the time to make your views known. Here's

We are all the Clarion

We are all the Clarion

Occasionally we are asked “Who is behind the Oxford Clarion?” At our core is a small writing team who work for free – we have no funding from anyone. Among them are people with backgrounds in journalism, communications, and community media. Our volunteers contribute time and effort sourcing stories, writing up

Now we are two

Now we are two

It’s the Oxford Clarion’s second birthday. Our first tweet was 4 February 2022, reporting that Blackwells was up for sale with Waterstones the front-runner to acquire it. We started the Clarion because Oxford deserves better news. You shouldn’t have to engage with clickbait or endless angry comments

“Impeccably balanced”: the Oxford Mail’s low-traffic neighbourhood reporting

“Impeccably balanced”: the Oxford Mail’s low-traffic neighbourhood reporting

Analysis of the Oxford Mail’s low-traffic neighbourhood coverage shows that the city’s legacy print newspaper takes a consistently hostile view of the project. Using text analysis software, the Oxford Clarion has examined the Mail’s LTN coverage, and compared it to other reporting by the same paper. The