These are my links for October 26th through October 31st: mySociety » Blog Archive » Harassment problem leads to FOI strangeness – Interesting story about how government departments are making quite subjective judgements about which information to release through FOI: "Today we have a strange story about a department that appears to think that it …
The state of newspapers and the value of news
There is a common misconception hyperlocal websites are trying to emulate gaps left by regional media online
What the government should do about hyperlocal news
Prominent voices in the hyperlocal debate gathered at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport today to talk about the changing landscape of news and media and, if anything, what the government should do. Arranged by Minister for Creative Industries Siôn Simon, and chaired by CEO of GroundReport Rachel Sterne and founder of Talk About …
The Birmingham Consultation Database
This week sees the launch of www.birminghambeheard.org.uk – a database of consultations about and from Birmingham. Typically the consultations stretch back about 3 years and involve the various organisations which form Be Birmingham, the local strategic partnership. The site itself has been made by an internal team at Birmingham City Council. We were approached to …