COMMUNITY groups, mum and toddler meetings, churches, local history groups, sports teams.
They all flourish in our area and appear regularly in the pages of the Examiner.
But we want to give them a helping hand to make sure your Examiner means more to you than ever.
In the next few weeks there’ll be a few changes to your paper and website, but don’t worry they’ll only mean more news that’s important to you.
We want to hear from local groups – no matter how big or small – who we can help with reporting their news on our website and paper.
The groups – or bloggers – would need to have their own website or Facebook page where the Examiner could take an automated feed from.
If you don’t understand that, don’t worry, it’s simple and we can sort it out for you.
Your news would then be displayed in a new special section on the Examiner website but when a reader clicked on the headline, they’d be taken to your own page to get the news from the horse’s mouth!
Examiner executive editor Andrew Jackson said: “We want to really get down to street level with this project. If you’re a Neighbourhood Watch, local sports team or even a Huddersfield blogger with an interest in local issues, we want to hear from you.
“We all know that we bring you news from the big organisations in our area – police, Kirklees Council, NHS, businesses – but we also want to bring you news from the smaller organisations – and we need their help to do this!
“We hope that by forging closer links with the people who make a difference every day in Huddersfield we can get more news that’s important to you, help out local people with publicity for their hard work and also keep you informed.
“It’s that simple.
“Think of it as a return to parish pump reporting. If it’s happening in Huddersfield we want to know about it.”
Mr Jackson said the Examiner also planned to serve up more information as well as news – but wanted people to say what they wanted to see.
He added: “The Examiner has been around for so long, everyone in Huddersfield knows what we are.
“We want to use this to make sure we can help people by making our paper and website the central place for information – and not just news.
“Should we have sections on who your councillors are? What about chemist opening times?
“It’s all about us giving you the news and information that’s important to you.
“We want this to be a conversation so would urge anyone with any ideas to get in touch with us.
“It’s easy to do so. You can send a letter to the address on page two, email me on digital@examiner.co.uk or you can get the Examiner on Twitter by messaging @Examiner or you can find us on Facebook .
