As part of our roll out for the Talk About Local project we are going to be running some taster sessions around the West Midlands. The sessions will be an introduction in to setting up your own online blog. The sesions will comprise of: An … [Read more...] about Free Blogging Sessions
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LoveClapham.com: setting up another local site in London
Jack Wallington from loveclapham.com talks to TAL about building his site. I’ve lived in Clapham for most of my adult life (so far!) and like most people running local sites, became disappointed at the quality of the local press and the lack … [Read more...] about LoveClapham.com: setting up another local site in London
What would you do with a journalist?
Quite a few hyperlocal sites got started to fill a gap left by the papers, radio, TV and trad. journalists. Some hyperlocal people have strong views about what they perceive as a failure of journalism and a need to step into a gap. Things have … [Read more...] about What would you do with a journalist?
Talk About Local grows…
I'm delighted that Mike Rawlins of PitsnPots and Nicky Getgood of Digbeth is Good have agreed to join the TAL team full time joining me and Clare White who has been working on the project part time. Mike, Nicky and Clare are some of the best … [Read more...] about Talk About Local grows…
Join us in a UK hyperlocal alliance…
There is some wonderful hyperlocal stuff going on in the UK. People are up to all sorts of things on the web from working out what bands are on, when the quiz night is down the pub, rounding up local news, to fighting campaigns on planning … [Read more...] about Join us in a UK hyperlocal alliance…