Society of Editors
Last week I spoke at the Society of Editors regional conference in Manchester. Here are the slides. Posted from Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
Category Archives: hyperlocal
So I wrote a book
Well actually, I contributed a chapter to What Do We Mean By Local published by abramis ISBN 9781845495404. I was approached by the editors and asked if I would like to contribute to the book, the invitation came just after the announcement from The Journalism Foundation about their support for Pits n Pots. So I thought [...]
Stop sniggering! Eric Pickles has said the Big Lunch is at the heart of reuniting communities.
Stoke City in FA Cup upset
I found this article about Stoke City in the FA Cup against Blackburn Rovers, Saturday 27 January 1962 reported in The Leader – Post from Regina Saskatchewan Canada on Tuesday 30 January. It seems that Stoke City were knocked out of the FA cup due to what Mr Cyril Cliff thought was a disputed penalty against [...]
More unauthorised work at Cllr Hussains house
After last weeks debacle with the unauthorised work on a dropped kerb outside Councillor Hussains house, the same contractors arrived again this morning and removed all the paving stones. A quick call to Highways and again I find out that they are still not authorised to carry out any work and that the works were [...]
Does Local Government Really Want Transparency?
I’m just back from speaking at the Polis Journalism Conference in London yesterday. I sat on a panel talking about DIY Media Democracy, which is one of the areas I specialise in and I strongly believe that more people need to engage with the democratic processes at a local level. While we were sitting in LSE [...]