As part of Nesta’s launch of the Destinaton Local programme this morning, a significant new report that puts down a marker on where the UK’s hyperlocal media scene currently stands has been published. The Here and Now report is written by Damian Radcliffe, someone many of us are familiar with thanks to his must-view regular [...]
Local websites, community blogs and all manner of hyperlocal activity will be put centre stage by a new initiative looking to both study and importantly, fund, some projects. The £1million Destination Local programme announced today is designed to “understand and stimulate the development of a UK hyperlocal media sector” and is led by Nesta and [...]
It’s a great few days for the UK hyperlocal scene as several blue chip organisations reveal new projects. Innovation funders NESTA and the Technology Strategy Board are bringing forward schemes to support new developments in hyperlocal content services and platforms/technology. A NESTA scheme to invest in new content services and a cracking landscape review of [...]
Judith Townend organised a fascinating conference at City University on open justice and modern media (programme pdf) . It was great to see some real heavy hitters like Geoffery Robertson QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC speaking up for open courts and open access to information about what goes on there. I have had an interest [...]
I don’t want to live in Britain that doesn’t care about community. That’s one of the first things the shopping and retail personality Mary Portas states in her ‘vision’ which was presented to the government recently for The Portas Review. It’s a sentiment which every hyperlocal publisher in the country would surely echo so [...]