Later this month we are running another social reporter training programme, building on the work we have done for Birmingham Local Democracy Week and the Black Country Take Part Pathfinder. This time our work is funded through the support Birmingham City Council gives to Neighbourhood Forums in the city . The details are below and …
BBC Journalists meet hyperlocal bloggers – the storify version
This uses a service called storify to bring together a version of the conversation which happened on March 31st when we arranged for BBC staff to sit down to talk with hyperlocal bloggers in the West Midlands: View “BBC People Meet Hyperlocal Bloggers from the West Midlands” on Storify
#hyperbbcwm Notes (part 2) of a discussion between BBC staff and hyperlocal bloggers in the West Midlands
The first table was covering issues of controversy (how to deal with) accuracy and the news agenda – or the broader question of who news is it? Nick Booth took these slightly sketchy notes Diane Smith has used the social network Stafford Direct to starts to challenge the way the mainstream media was telling …
#hyperbbcwm Notes (part 1) of a discussion between BBC staff and hyperlocal bloggers in the West Midlands
Gavin Wray’s notes from table 3 Access and archives Bloggers mentioned copyright as the main barrier to exposing content in the BBC archives to a wider, and local, audience. Frustrated when historical archives are copyrighted, preventing you sharing it with your audience. One volunteer wants to share old photos of areas around Birmingham city centre …