Archive for General ultralocal or hyperlocal stuff

Local TV

Jeremy Hunt and the DCMS have today announced the first Local TV pioneer areas which are expected to be: Belfast Birmingham Brighton and Hove Bristol Cardiff Edinburgh Glasgow Grimsby Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Norwich Nottingham Oxford Plymouth Preston Southampton Swansea with a further 24 areas to follow. At Talk About Local we are advocates of [...]

New experiences that hyper local blogging can bring

Today I am talking about the new experiences running a hyperlocal blog has brought; from organising events, dealing with the mainstream media, learning to negotiate, community involvement to running a campaign, and I will share some hints and tips that will help you get your hyperlocal blog up and running. I have been running my hyperlocal blog, [...]

Some useful links 5th Jan 2011

Video 101: Editing Basics from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo. Happy New Year people!  Here’s a lot of lovely useful links to kick-start the year with: Vimeo Video School 101 – ‘Join the friendly Vimeo Staff as we cover all the basics of shooting and editing videos you can be proud of. We’ve handcrafted these lessons [...]

Some Useful Links 19/10/2010

Here’s a couple more Big Society explanations – the above film is from Beyond 2010, ‘an international conference exploring the role of digital technologies in delivering better public services for less’.  It starts tomorrow in Birmingham as part of Hello Digital, which includes some interesting sessions on Speed Data and Hyperlocal News (disclaimer: myself and William are on the [...]

Ten Questions: Stuart Williams of the Bloxidge Tallygraph

Stuart Williams created The Bloxidge Tallygraph for the Bloxwich area in Walsall, West Midlands way back in 2006 using Webs.com.  A photographer and local historian, Stuart intially evisaged The Bloxidge Tallygraph as being a local heritage and history website but in his own words, ‘It hasn’t quite worked out like that.’  The Bloxidge Tallygraph soon evolved [...]

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