Some useful links 23/11/2010

Sense About Science have published a new guide to the libel laws for bloggers: Bloggers and Libel Law.  “So you’ve had a threatening letter. What can you do?” Click on the above button to download the guide for starters.

The Big Society Awards have just been launched by David Cameron as ‘a chance to pay tribute to those making a valuable contribution to their community, the real champions of the Big Society’. Perhaps you know of some community website authors who might fit this bill?

Silence Please! Being a Good Neighbour… Karen Strunks gives some sound advice to a fellow Wake Green Park resident suffering excess noise from one of his neighbours.

WordPress Support on Google Transliteration – WordPress guide for bloggers looking to type transliterated words in languages like Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Persian, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu or Urdu using Transliteration tools from Google.

The News Manual is ‘a free online resource for journalists, would-be journalists, educators and people interested in the media’.  There are three volumes – Basic Techniques, Advanced REporting and Ethics & The Law.

Paul Bradshaw has written a couple of very helpful posts for Podnosh.com on 8 things you can blog about in civic activity and 5 ways to make your content findable – tips for good blogging.