In the last in this mini-series to celebrate some of the remarkable sites which www.talkaboutlocal.org has worked with over the past few years I take a look at the vibrant Kington Blackboard. Voter apathy in local elections is a well-known situation up and down the country – less than 50% in many places during the [...]
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Trumpeting the success of Cricklade
In the third of this mini-series to showcase some of the remarkable websites and blogs we’ve had the pleasure to be involved with, I hear from The Cricklade Bugle. Contacting Peter of The Cricklade Bugle for our interview over Skype found him in thoughtful mood, working through the ins and outs of a dilemma with [...]
Reporting On Your Local Council
Your local council could be a rich vein of content for your site. Covering council meetings is something that is happening less & less in the press. We have seen a number of sites that report on their local councils activities and meetings and do it very well, holding their decisions up to some scrutiny [...]