Social Spider Community News

Social Spider Community News serves as the publishing division of Social Spider CIC, a small social enterprise focused on creating a sustainable approach to local news publishing. In 2019, the Cairncross Review by the government described ‘public interest news’ as the essential work of covering the everyday functions of public institutions, especially at the local level. It highlighted that this type of journalism faces significant challenges locally, primarily because the audience for local topics is much smaller, leading to less financial backing from readers.