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.
Tag Archives: Pits n Pots
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 [...]
DIY Media Democracy
Tomorrow morning, at some ungodly hour I’m heading down to London School of Economics & Political Science for the POLIS Journalism Conference 11. The overview of the days panels & discussions taken from the POLIS website is As well as WikiLeaks and the Middle East Uprisings, we shall be looking at issues closer to home: are [...]
BBC Local Radio
Yesterday news that the BBC was looking at hacking away at their 40 local radio stations started to break. I think I read it first in this piece in the Guardian but since it has been reported pretty much everywhere including the by the BBC itself. The short story is that the BBC want to [...]
Pits n Pots
Pits n Pots has been described as the UKs premier council chasing website. The site focuses on local accountability and the troubled Stoke-on-Trent political scene. The site has been mentioned twice now in the House of Commons and cited by Department of Culture Ministers as an example of the future of local news. Pits n Pots [...]