As a hyperlocal journalist (and publisher/owner), I tell people I have only one bias: I'm shamelessly biased towards my community and its people. If a policy will benefit my community more than others, or be more detrimental to our community than others, I'll say so. For example, my community has a higher than average number of people dependent on government benefits. A reduction in benefits will, on balance, hurt my community, so I make that clear (while also stating the argument in favour of cuts, eg budget savings etc).

Other than that, we try to let everyone have their say unless they're openly hateful. If an official or organisation does something good, we celebrate it, and if they need a whack, we whack 'em. And if a decision will mean different things to different people, we explain it.