Ally Tibbit has learned through experience what types of non-profit structures work for active hyperlocal sites. In this guest post for Talk About Local, Ally sketches out how a Co-operative with hundred of members could be formed to produce local news and return control of the news to the people. As part of my job [...]
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’100 million comments a year’ – mutual support and advice in a shrinking state
The deficit reduction programme might drive government bureaucracies and the voluntary sector to adopt more modern means of providing information-based help and advice. A shrinking state results in fewer people to answer phone helplines and staff desks in public offices. But state systems and public policy problems are not becoming any more simple yet. [...]
Jeremy Hunt’s open letter to the communications industry
What would people who publish local websites want from a new communications bill (apart from be left alone)? Suggestions in comments please – will put some in when i’ve had a think – would be happy to round up a set of views, put them into government speak and submit them formally on behalf of [...]
Baroness Newlove report on anti social behaviour – ‘technology can help’
Baroness Newlove has published an excellent report (pdf)today on tackling anti social behaviour. Her approach is informed by a grass roots, bottom up perspective working with seven neighbourhoods around the country. Talk about local helped out with a workshop for the people Baroness Newlove was working with. From that, talk about local is about to [...]
Local media and Jeremy Hunt
[note - within minutes of publishing this some people have pointed out that the original title could be mis-construed given recent spoonerisms on the radio. This is abosolutely not my intention a- 'the local hunt' is a fox hunting phrase from my childhood brought up in Northamptonshire's Pytchley country. Please behave for heavens sake. Radio4 [...]