Leader – why scrutiny of the council’s freesheet is in the public interest
Hackney Today threatens the Citizen’s ability to cover the issues readers value most
Hackney Today
Letters – EU politicking, electoral sand castles and paper chasing
Dave Raval on #HackneyLovesYou, Terry Stewart on Vittoria Wharf and local democracy, and Steve Stannard in support of the council’s freesheet
Council’s local culture website derelict since April – but still being plugged in Hackney Today
Town Hall says its Destination Hackney website is ‘migrating’
Hackney Council confirms identity of freesheet’s publishers after delay to ‘get to the bottom of that’
Hackney Burgesses mystery solved – with a little help from Citizen readers
Hackney Council posts newspaper-style story online, despite claims of not competing with local press
The council has declined to rule out launching an online newspaper
Titbits – ALMOs, Sudokus and mysterious burgesses
More on the Town Hall’s puzzling behaviour in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Hackney Council freesheet claims to be a ‘fortnightly newspaper’ – but legally may be neither
Hackney Today ‘appears to be in breach of the law’, says Citizen editor
Titbits – ‘the fact that they wear hi-vis jackets gives them a certain degree of authority’
More on the council’s ‘secret party’ and a sleepy journo also feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Titbits – procurement, pineapple on pizza, and a proud ‘kipper
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Council tax hike of three per cent voted through in Town Hall budget meeting
Adjustments pass with solid majority as council forced to swallow £14 million government squeeze
Titbits – Photo error, lèse-majesté and disunity on unions
Taxpayer-subsidised Hackney Today gets political, and no, we didn’t scrunch it up. This and more from the monthly column that pecks at crumbs of news
Tussle over Hackney Today continues after council rapped by DCLG
Town Hall says it won’t share contents of letter to Whitehall as it again insists freesheet provides value for money for taxpayers who subsidise it
Revealed: How Hackney Today competes aggressively with local papers
Town Hall cancels odd relationship with Royal Borough of Greenwich after government puts the screws on Hackney Council in a letter that could serve as a prelude to court action
Whitehall gives Hackney Council final warning over ‘Town Hall Pravda’
Government minister cries foul over Hackney Today, accusing council of ‘not playing by the rules’
‘Journalists of Hackney, unite!’ Reporter makes case for fair play by Town Hall
As campaign to highlight unfair competition by Town Hall freesheet gains momentum, rival hacks from the Citizen and Gazette speak with one voice
Row rages over council’s ad sales war with local press
Philip Glanville accuses Hackney Citizen editor of U-turn but does not deny freesheet competes with platforms for independent journalism