Talk About Local Un-Conference 2010 We are pleased to announce that the Talk About Local Un-Conference 2010 will be held on Saturday 17 April at Old Broadcasting House in Leeds. Old Broadcasting House is an excellent venue in Central Leeds, in the Civic Quarter just off the Ring Road. We are delighted that this event [...]
Archive for February 2, 2010
Hyperlocal government data gets debate on crime going – open data case study
I wrote a piece on my hyperlocal Kings Cross site on how data from the London Data Store showed a puzzling rise in ambulance call outs to assaults. In general crime is going down, but there was a strong upward trend in ambulances being called out to assault incidents. I asked people to check my [...]
Have your say on the future of news in Wales, Scotland and Tyne Tees/Borders
The government has one of the world’s biggest innovation funds for the future of local news ‐ the so called independently funded news consortia or IFNC. Pilots will run in Wales, Scotland and the Tyne Tees/Borders TV regions, hopefully embracing the full spectrum from hyperlocal to regional news. I am on the panel to [...]