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Eric Pickles to use law to open up Town Halls

25th October 2013 by Mike Rawlins

A press release from the Department for Communities and Local Government released today shows that Eric Pickles MP is serious about opening up Town Halls in England giving residents, bloggers and journalists the ability to report, blog, tweet and … [Read more...] about Eric Pickles to use law to open up Town Halls

Filed Under: Blog, hyperlocal Tagged With: Blogging, Citizen Journalism, Councils, Eric Pickles, filming, Holding power to account, Town Halls, transparency, Tweeting

Hyperlocal innovation: Google hangout for council reporting

15th March 2013 by Sarah Hartley

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Google hangout - the video conference style service available on the Google + platform - may well have changed the way you do team meetings if you work in a distributed way as we do here at Talk About Local. But how about for broadcasting your local … [Read more...] about Hyperlocal innovation: Google hangout for council reporting

Filed Under: Blog, How to video, Other Tools and Tips, Using Images, Video and Audio Tagged With: Blogging, Council, democracy, google, hangout, Reporting, scrutiny, telford

Using Asides

6th July 2011 by Mike Rawlins

Got something to say on your blog, but don't think it is enough to be worth a full post? Why not use the Aside format for your post? If you are using a theme that supports them, Asides, are an ideal way to add a short post to your site almost like … [Read more...] about Using Asides

Filed Under: Blog, Quick Tips, Wordpress Guides and Tips Tagged With: Asides, Blogging, hosted, post formats, self hosted, tips, wordpress, wordpress.com

Hyperlocal Olympics

20th September 2010 by Mike Rawlins

A couple of days ago the the London Olympic website opened up registrations to become 'Game Makers' or what was known in good old English, a Volunteer at the 2012 games. I had a quick look at the site and you can register as a Generalist or a … [Read more...] about Hyperlocal Olympics

Filed Under: Blog, hyperlocal Tagged With: Blogging, hyperlocal, Media, Olympics, Reporting

Working With New Themes

2nd July 2010 by Mike Rawlins

From time to time, you may want to change the look and feel of your site. With WordPress we know this is really easy, you just apply a new theme. 9 times out of 10 you apply the theme and it works, but occasionally you find the theme you 'really' … [Read more...] about Working With New Themes

Filed Under: Quick Tips, Wordpress Guides and Tips Tagged With: Blogging, quick tip, themes, Widgets, wordpress

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