Comments on: The Budget – experimenting with hyperlocal coverage of a time critical national story http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More for less: three cheap ideas to do now at Helpful Technology http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3619 More for less: three cheap ideas to do now at Helpful Technology Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:05:07 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3619 [...] coffees. Find opportunities to work together so when something comes up, you can phone a friend. Will Perrin reports some good stuff from HM Treasury along these lines, supporting the Budget last [...] [...] coffees. Find opportunities to work together so when something comes up, you can phone a friend. Will Perrin reports some good stuff from HM Treasury along these lines, supporting the Budget last [...]

]]> By: Duncan http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3585 Duncan Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:29:06 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3585 Greater story customisation to a local area would make information more useful.  Some might say that it’s tricky to customise genuinely national stories right down to the excruciatingly local lens of hyperlocal sites. Couldn't agree more and is exactly what we are trying to do at Fwix, would be delighted to hear from anyone with local news site and will happily index them. Not only does adding locality to news make it more user friendly it also makes it more advertiser friendly Greater story customisation to a local area would make information more useful.  Some might say that it’s tricky to customise genuinely national stories right down to the excruciatingly local lens of hyperlocal sites.

Couldn’t agree more and is exactly what we are trying to do at Fwix, would be delighted to hear from anyone with local news site and will happily index them. Not only does adding locality to news make it more user friendly it also makes it more advertiser friendly

]]> By: links for 2010-06-25 « Onlinejournalismtest's Blog http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3522 links for 2010-06-25 « Onlinejournalismtest's Blog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:08:23 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3522 [...] The Budget – experimenting with hyperlocal coverage of a time critical national story | Talk About... My favourite was Ally Tibbit in GreenerLeith who put the diagrams and a link to the info up and then trawled the murky depths of the local Twitterati for a visceral reaction… Mike over at pitsnpots did a straight treatment of the material and the CX budget speech, with a traditionally robust discussion in the comments. (tags: hyperlocal budget) [...] [...] The Budget – experimenting with hyperlocal coverage of a time critical national story | Talk About… My favourite was Ally Tibbit in GreenerLeith who put the diagrams and a link to the info up and then trawled the murky depths of the local Twitterati for a visceral reaction… Mike over at pitsnpots did a straight treatment of the material and the CX budget speech, with a traditionally robust discussion in the comments. (tags: hyperlocal budget) [...]

]]> By: News:rewired – What’s next for ‘niche’? « How to microblog in high heels http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3506 News:rewired – What’s next for ‘niche’? « How to microblog in high heels Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:28:28 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3506 [...] As local governments release more and more data are journalists going to need to get some developer skills or find online tools to help them digest it? Tools such as Many Eyes and Zeemap are a step in the right direction for visualising data – where do we see this going? (See this recent post by Will Perrin rounding up how hyperlocal sites digested the budget) [...] [...] As local governments release more and more data are journalists going to need to get some developer skills or find online tools to help them digest it? Tools such as Many Eyes and Zeemap are a step in the right direction for visualising data – where do we see this going? (See this recent post by Will Perrin rounding up how hyperlocal sites digested the budget) [...]

]]> By: Philip John http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Philip John Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:14:33 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3505 The Greener Leith post was great - really good stuff. I've added North West Sheffield News and Inside the M60 (they're right under my nose on Journal Local, afterall) to <a href="http://journallocal.co.uk/2010/06/22/the-budgets-local-impact-regional-reports-from-hm-treasury/#comments" rel="nofollow">the comments on my post</a> as well as Saddleworth News. The Greener Leith post was great – really good stuff.

I’ve added North West Sheffield News and Inside the M60 (they’re right under my nose on Journal Local, afterall) to the comments on my post as well as Saddleworth News.

]]> By: Tweets that mention The Budget – experimenting with hyperlocal coverage of a time critical national story | Talk About Local -- Topsy.com http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/comment-page-1/#comment-3504 Tweets that mention The Budget – experimenting with hyperlocal coverage of a time critical national story | Talk About Local -- Topsy.com Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:46:15 +0000 http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/?p=1347#comment-3504 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by willperrin, Journal Local and PublicSectorBloggers, Talk About Local. Talk About Local said: How #Hyperlocal covered the budget http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by willperrin, Journal Local and PublicSectorBloggers, Talk About Local. Talk About Local said: How #Hyperlocal covered the budget http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk/budget/ [...]

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