Late last year, Guardian News & Media advertised three brand new 'beatblogger' positions as part of our experimental Guardian Local initiative. The Local project is a small-scale community approach to local newsgathering, and will focus on the three politically engaged cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Leeds.
We had a tremendous response to the advertised positions and, as the Local launch editor, I'm delighted to announce that the project has reached an important milestone, with the appointment of three journalists to take on the new roles in the three cities.
Tom Allan, Hannah Waldram and John Baron have been based at the Guardian's offices in Kings Place this week to undergo training and will be starting work on their beats of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Leeds respectively from next week. The Local blogs will be launched during the first half of this year although no dates have been confirmed.
I'm thrilled that these talented journalists have joined this exciting new venture at such an important time, and more details will be announced in the coming months.
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